A Comparative Review Of Jamila Hashmi's Novel "Rohi" And "Chehra Ba Chehra Roo Ba Roo

Abstract

If you look at Jamila Hashmi's literary journey, it is very colorful and extensive.  Her top-class novel is "Talash-e-Baharan" was published in 1961. In which the century-based oppression, exploitation and victimization of women in Indian socie[1]ty has been described. The novel "Aatash-e-Rafta" (1964) is written in the background of the Sikh society of East Punjab. The fictional collection "Aap Beti Jag Beti" (1969) was written in the background of Cholestane. Novel “Rohi” describes the natural background of a Pathan village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in 1970. A novel on Iranian authentic literature and controversial personality "Chehra Beh Chehra Roo Ba Roo". In this novel, the author has made the life of a spiritual and historical character Qurat ul-Ain Tahira a subject through the activities of a religious sect that arose in the time of Shah Qajar in Iran. "Dasht-i-Soos" published in 1983, a novel on Hussain bin Mansoor Hallaj. the short stories collection “Rang Bhoom” (1987), “Apna apna Jahanam” consisting of three novelettes, the short stories collection "Nisbat-e- Rut Mein Roo", the novel "Jog Ki Raat" and many other miscellanies writings are Included.