Poorna Swami

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TODAY, it might be called sedition. Back in 1983, though, it was mostly your typical gathering of Bombay’s Marxist literati. Sitting at the centre of a white dias on Prithvi Theatre’s stage, the illustrious Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai was telling stories of her travels as the audience erupted in anarchic laughter every few moments. But as joyous as the occasion was, its intentions were serious.