"Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of 'nautch girls' in early Urdu literature

Raza Rumi

Bunyad - A Journal of Urdu Studies, Vol # 2, Issue # 2
"Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of 'nautch girls' in early Urdu literature

"Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of 'nautch girls' in early Urdu literature

Raza Rumi/
January 01, 2012

Keywords

Bunyad, Early Urdu Literature, Raza Rumi,

Abstract

The author presents a commentary on the portrayal of `nautch girls' in Urdu novel. In a discussion on Mirza Hadi Ruswa's Umrao Jan Ada, hasan Shah's Fasana-e Rangin, Quratulain hyder's Gardish-e Rang-e Chaman, Sa'adat Hasan Manto's "Mozail", and Ghulam 'Abbas' "Anandi," Raza Rumi analyzes these major fiction works by rehabilitating them in a continuum of an important theme in Urdu literature—the theme of confident, empowered, and highly intelligent female characters who appear in the public sphere.

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Rumi, R. (2012). "Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 2(2), 3–14. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page

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ACM SIG Proceedings

[1]Rumi, R. 2012. "Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 2, 2 (Jan. 2012), 3–14.

ACS Nano

(1)Rumi, R. "Who Will Listen to the Tale of My Woeful Heart?" The Portrait of ’nautch Girls’ in Early Urdu Literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 2012, 2 (2), 3–14.

ABNT

RUMI, Raza. "Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), v. 2, n. 2, p. 3–14, 1 Jan.2012.

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Rumi, R. (2012) “‘Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?’ The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), 2(2), pp. 3–14. Available at: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page (Accessed: 10 May 2026).

IEEE

[1]R. Rumi, “‘Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?’ The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature”, بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3–14, Jan. 2012, Accessed: May 10, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page

MLA

Rumi, Raza. “‘Who Will Listen to the Tale of My Woeful Heart?’ The Portrait of ’nautch Girls’ in Early Urdu Literature”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو), vols. 2, nos. 2, Jan. 2012, pp. 3–14, https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page.

Turabian (full note bibliography)

Rumi, Raza. “‘Who Will Listen to the Tale of My Woeful Heart?’ The Portrait of ’nautch Girls’ in Early Urdu Literature”. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) 2, no. 2 (January 1, 2012): 3–14. Accessed May 10, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page.

Vancouver

1.Rumi R. "Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو) [Internet]. 2012 Jan. 1 [cited 2026 May 10];2(2):3–14. Available from: https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page

AMA

1.Rumi R. "Who will listen to the tale of my woeful heart?" The portrait of ’nautch girls’ in early Urdu literature. بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو). 2012;2(2):3–14. Accessed May 10, 2026. https://bunyad.lums.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5f85ea27a8243/page

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