Lubna Irfan, Author at Heritage Times

Heritage Times

Exploring lesser known History

Mughal hatred is a colonial construct

And the communal seed that has been sown in our hearts, in our lives by the British needs to be taken apart, needs to be called out.

Reading gaps in SLB’s Heeramandi through Khatun, a 20th century magazine

Khatun remained in publication from 1904-1914 and during that time it worked towards making the people, especially Muslim Intelligentsia, aware and comfortable with the idea of modern education for women. The public sphere sustained by the magazine Khatun was later manifested in the form of the organization Anjuman-i-Khawatin-i-Islam which was formed in 1914.