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Altaf Fatima

Born

in Lucknow, British India

June 10, 1927

Died

November 29, 2018

Genre

Fiction

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Altaf Fatima (born 1927 in Lucknow, British India) was an Urdu novelist, short-story writer, and teacher (specializing in Muhammad Iqbal). Her novel Dastak Na Do ("Do not knock") is regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the Karachi monthly, Herald.

Altaf Fatima was the second of four children born in a Muslim household in Lucknow, India, to Mohammad Fazle Amin and his wife Mumtaz Jahan.

She was living in Lahore, Pakistan at the end of her life, to where she had retired as a professor of Urdu, but continued her literary work.

Altaf Fatima's novel Dastak Na Do has been translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmed. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 424 ratings · 74 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dastak Na Do / دستک نہ دو 4.15 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chalta Musafir / چلتا مسافر 4.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Khawab Gar / خواب گر 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taar e Ankaboot / تار عنکبوت 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nishan e Mehfil / نشان محفل 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woh Jisy Chaha Gya / وہ جسے چاہا گیا 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deed Wadeed / دیدوادید 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gawahi Akhir e Shab ki /گواہی آخر شب کی 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jub Deewarain Girya Kartin Hain / جب دیواریں گریہ کرتی ہیں really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The only thing that proves to be right is Time, which slowly and steadily brings every mistake and every truth to light.”
― Altaf Fatima, Dastak Na Do / دستک نہ دو

tags: fullness-of-time, time, truth

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“It is better to be slightly crazy than to be entirely in command of your senses.”
― Altaf Fatima, Dastak Na Do / دستک نہ دو

tags: unconventionality

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“It is a great thing if people have the capacity for sympathy and being supportive, but I don't believe that one should be above receiving sympathy and support oneself.”
― Altaf Fatima, Dastak Na Do / دستک نہ دو

tags: resilience, self-care

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