Review of ‘Sin: Stories by Wajida Tabassum’
2 years, 9 months ago

Review of ‘Sin: Stories by Wajida Tabassum’

The Hindu  

In this collection of stories, Wajida Tabassum neither seeks to placate nor shock: she merely holds up a mirror to society as it is. Wajida Tabassum, considered one of the foremost writers in Urdu, is often referred to as the ‘female Manto’. While most of the stories revolve around women, Tabassum also records the lives of men who make unconventional choices, in stories such as ‘The Rainbow Has No Colour’ and ‘Shaadi’. With her powerful stories that shine ‘light in a dark place’, Tabassum demands to be read.

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Review: Sin by Wajida Tabassum, translated by Reema Abbasi
2 years, 6 months ago

Review: Sin by Wajida Tabassum, translated by Reema Abbasi

Hindustan Times  

Wajida Tabassum is barely known outside Urdu literary circles. Tabassum “is startlingly clear in what she portrays — all that is sin to others is salvation to her women,” writes Reema Abbasi, a Karachi-based journalist who has translated 19 of Tabassum’s stories and an essay for the first time in English — Sin is a collection of some of her …

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