A Comparative Study Of Social Rebellion In The Works Of Buddhadev Bose And Ismat Chughtai

The article compares how societal resistance is portrayed in the writings of two Indian modernist literary pioneers, Buddhadev Bose and Ismat Chughtai. The research focuses on how these authors question long-standing societal conventions around gender, sexuality, and autonomy via an examination of important writings like Chughtai's Lihaaf and Bose's It Rained All Night. This article explores how literary acts of rebellion offer a radical reframing of individual agency in conservative cultural institutions, while also subverting taboos. It does this by merging feminist, psychoanalytical, and sociological viewpoints. Despite coming from diverse language and cultural origins, both authors add to a growing conversation on identity, resistance, and liberty. The final section of the article evaluates the enduring influence of their subversive stories on modern literature and philosophy.