Lihaaf
| "Lihaaf" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Ismat Chughtai | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Urdu |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Adab-i-Latif |
| Publication type | Literary journal |
| Publication date | 1942 |
"Lihaaf" ("The Quilt") is an Urdu short story written by Ismat Chughtai which was published in the Urdu literary journal Adab-i-Latif in 1942. In the coming decades, it was widely anthologised and faced an obscenity trial. It is one of Chughtai's well known works.
The story deals deals with suggestive lesbianism, but also with the insulated and suffocating life of a neglected wife in a feudal society as well as sexual abuse.