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Ek Chadar Maili Si is a story of a tradition in Punjab, as part of which, the younger brother weds his elder brother’s widow upon the latter’s death. This tradition is called ‘chadar daalna‘. Compelled by custom and physical force, the male protagonist of Ek Chadar Maili Si weds his sister-in-law. She gives him turmeric-milk on their wedding-night and spends all night caressing his wounds.
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Jan/2019
ISBN: 9788193935552
Length : 128 Pages
MRP : ₹150.00
Imprint: Audiobook
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Jan/2019
ISBN:
Length : 128 Pages
MRP : ₹150.00
Ek Chadar Maili Si is a story of a tradition in Punjab, as part of which, the younger brother weds his elder brother’s widow upon the latter’s death. This tradition is called ‘chadar daalna‘. Compelled by custom and physical force, the male protagonist of Ek Chadar Maili Si weds his sister-in-law. She gives him turmeric-milk on their wedding-night and spends all night caressing his wounds.
Rajinder Singh Bedi was a successful Hindi and Urdu novelist, director, screenwriter and playwright. He was born on 1 September 1915 at Siyalkot, in the Punjab of British India. He was an Urdu writer of the Progressive Indian Writers' Association, and later became a Hindi film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer. He is known as the writer of the screenplay and dialogues for Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films, Abhimaan, Anupma and Satyakaam and Bimal Roy's Madhumati. Ek Chadar Maili Si is one of his most well-known works and was made into a film by the same name.