'Pinjar' is a novel by which writer?

"Pinjar" ("The Skeleton") is a Punjabi novel by Amrita Pritam, published in 1950. It is one of the most powerful works of literature about the Partition of India.

About the novel:

• It tells the story of Puro, a young Hindu girl who is abducted by Rashid, a Muslim man, because of an old family feud, shortly before Partition.
• After she escapes, her own family refuses to take her back, and she is forced to live with Rashid.
• During the Partition riots, Puro helps rescue other abducted women, including her brother's fiancée.
• The novel explores the suffering of women during communal conflict and the idea of identity and belonging.
• In 2003, it was made into a Hindi film, "Pinjar", directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, with Urmila Matondkar as Puro.

About Amrita Pritam (1919-2005):

• She was born in Gujranwala (now in Pakistan) and moved to India after Partition.
• She is regarded as the first prominent woman poet and novelist of Punjabi literature.
• Her poem "Ajj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu" ("Today I Invoke Waris Shah"), lamenting the violence of Partition, is one of the most famous poems in Punjabi.
• She was the first woman to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award (1956) for her poetry collection "Sunehade".
• She received the Jnanpith Award (1981) for "Kagaz Te Canvas", the Padma Vibhushan (2004), and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
• Her autobiography is "Raseedi Ticket" ("The Revenue Stamp").

Other women writers and their famous works:

• Krishna Sobti: "Zindaginama" and "Mitro Marjani"; Jnanpith Award (2017).
• Ismat Chughtai: "Lihaaf" (The Quilt) and "Tedhi Lakeer".
• Mahadevi Verma: "Yama" (Jnanpith, 1982) and "Deepshikha"; called the "Modern Meera".

Why not the other options?

• ✗Krishna Sobti wrote "Zindaginama" and "Mitro Marjani".
• ✗Ismat Chughtai wrote "Lihaaf" and "Tedhi Lakeer".
• ✗Mahadevi Verma was a Hindi Chhayavadi poet.