Bano Qudsia – The CAP Podcast #163

Bano Qudsia is one of the most popular and influential Urdu fiction writers in Pakistan. She was born in a small village in the Himalayas near Dharamshala in British Colonial India in 1928. She was raised by an independent, widowed and very liberal mother. At the age of 13-14, Bano Qudsia’s family moved to Gurdaspur. She was rolled into a rug and smuggled into Lahore by her family to avoid abduction on the way to Pakistan at the time of Partition. Her Urdu novel Raja Gidh was published in 1981, and still remains a national bestseller.

Bano Qudsia (Punjabi, Urdu: بانو قدسیه‎) (born 1928) is a writer, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who writesUrdu novels and short stories. She is best known for her novel Raja Gidh and has written for television and stage in both the Urdu and Punjabi languages. Her play Aadhi Baat has been called "a classic".

Books

Aatish Zeir Pa Adhi Baat Aik Din Amr Bail Assey Passey Bazgasht Chahar Chaman Chota Shehr, Bary Log Dast Basta Dosra Darwaza Dusra Qadam Foot Path Ki Ghaas Haasil Ghaat Hawwa Key Naam Hijraton ke Darmiyan Kuch Aur Nahi Lagan Apni Apni

Marde Abresham Maum Ki Gallian Naqabal e Zikr Piya Naam Ka Diya Purwa Purwa and Aik Din Raja Gidh Saman-e-Wajood Shehr-e-bemisaal Shehr-e-Lazawal Abaad Weerany Sudhraan Suraj Mukhi Tamaseel Tawjha Ki Talib Rahe Rawan