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This semi-autobiographical story of Lucknow life by the late novelist and journalist Attia Hosain is a captivating insight into life before and after Partition.

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This paper investigates the archival dimension in two autobiographical texts that combine personal memoir with biography.

Attia Hosain (–) was born in Lucknow and educated at La Martiniere and Isabella Thoburn.

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Attia Hosainwas a prominent Indian novelist, journalist, broadcaster and short-story writer who wrote in English. She started writing at a young age and is known for her works revolving around themes such as Partition and gender.

Being receptive to the social changes that her home town Lucknow was a hub of, while she grew up, she incorporated them in her writings, which are a blend of tradition and modernity.

Her short story ‘The First Party’ explores the conflict between tradition and modernity as a young bride tries to keep up with her husband’s modern lifestyle.

In spite of being an aristocratic Muslim, her radical views enabled her to recognize the hypocrisies of her class – a theme that is predominant in her works.

Anita Desai, who has written the introduction to Hosain’s Sunlight on a Broken Column, has greatly admired Hosain’s writing for being “rich and ornate.”

Early Life and Education

Attia Hosain was born into a wealthy landowning family in Lucknow in 1913