In India's colonial past, in a time of political and social revolution, Ismat Chughtai masterfully unfolds her "magna opus", "The Crooked Line" the semi-autobiographical tale of a fiery-spirited, middle-class Muslim girl bent on exploring the shape and nature of consuming desire. Writing with the same honesty and passion as her scandalous short-story, "The Quilt," Chughtai exposes the complex relationships developed between women living and working...