ناول ’’دستک نہ دو‘‘ میں سماجی مسائل کی عکاسی

Abstract

Altaf Fatima was a brilliant Pakistani urdu novelist, fiction writer and translator. She enriched the literature with many unique novels, fiction collections and translations in a period of more than a half century. In the modern Urdu literary tradition, Altaf Fatima's name is synonymous with narrative structure and plot experiments. Her masterpiece novel is DASTAK NA DO which was published in 1966 by Feroz Sons, Lahore. This is a very wonderful novel of a different kind with amazing characters. Altaf Fatima's immense fame and popularity has been due to this memorable novel of hers. This novel has also been included in the Urdu curriculum. It was translated into English language and also dramatized on PTV. Artistically, descriptive analytical technique has been used and it has a symbolic status but from an intellectual point of view, the facts and bitterness of life are highlighted in this story, which is related to almost every person. The glimpse of our social problems is visible. Geeti Ara failure in love, Sang's bad behaviour with Safdar Yaseen, Amma Begum's attitude towards children, all these the causes and consequences of the class division of our society. These social problems, issues that have been tried to be brought before the public in this novel with the reflection of the nuances of human emotions, love and prejudices are being identified in this article.