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Chotein

Author	Ismat Chughtai
Original title	Chotein
Language	Urdu
Publication place	British India
Media type	Print

Chotein (lit. 'Wounds or Injuries') is a collection of short stories in Urdu by Ismat Chughtaifirst published in 1941.

Background

Chotein was first published in 1942. This was Chughtai's second collection of original short stories after Kaliyan (1941).

Content

The stories in this collection include:

• Bhool Bhoolaiyan
• Puncture
• Saas (Mother-in-law)
• Safar mein
• Us ke Khwab
• Janaze
• Lihaaf (The Quilt) {{efn|Lihaaf was first published in Adab-e-Latif in 1942.
• Beemar
• Mera Bachcha
• Til (The Mole)
• Choti Aapa
• Jheeri Mein Se
• Ek Shohar ki Khatir.

Themes

Chughtai explores human relationships in stories such as Saas and Lihaaf. While Saas deals with the relationship between a mother in law and a daughter in law, Lihaaf dwells and explores the relationship of a woman and her maid.

Jheeri Mein Se and Ek Shohar ki Khatir are biographical stories that describes incidents from Chughtai's own life.