Analysis of the idea of Heteronormative reality versus Personal identity as represented in Ismat Chughtai’s “Lihaaf”

Abstract

The research paper attempts to analyse the narrative perspective in Ismat Chughtai’s “Lihaaf” which stands as a revolutionary text, far ahead of its time, in terms of breaking stereotypes associated with gender and sexuality. The inversion of sexuality as represented in “Lihaaf” is an example of a fascinating contrast to the misconstrued ideas about homosexuality, which is anteverted by the means of employment of a narrator who fails to comprehend the intensity of the situation.