Child Sexual Abuse in Ismat Chughtai’s “Lihaff” (The Quilt)
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One of the most rampant threats in today’s world is the safety of women and children. Violence has been carried out by the powerful over the weak in multiple forms such as harassment, molestation and rape. The short story “Lihaff” by Ismat Chughtai, though deals with the theme of female sexuality, this paper proposes to analyse the sexual abuse done to the child narrator by the neighbourhood woman Begaum Jaan. The story presents how Begum Jan, who became lonely after marrying Nawab, is consoled by Raboo, her maid. When Raboo was absent, the child narrator is replaced functionally. Hence, the paper also explores the power hierarchies between the child narrator and Begum Jaan.
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