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Kaliyan (lit. 'Buds') is a collection of short stories in Urdu by Ismat Chughtai first published in 1941.

Background
Chotein was first published in 1942. This was Chughtai's second collection of original short stories after ''Kaliyan (1941).

Content
The stories in this collection include:


 * Pardey ke Peeche Se (From Behind the Curtain)
 * Gainda (Gainda)
 * Shaadi (Marriage)
 * Jawani
 * Daayan
 * Khidmatgar
 * Bachpan
 * Taariki
 * Kafir
 * Neera
 * uff Ye Bachche.

Themes
In Gainda, Chughtai depicts the suffering of child brides through the story of Gainda who is married as a child and becomes a widow within a year of marriage.