Gardish e rang chaman

A legendary Urdu writer, Haider remained fascinated by the various permutations of the Indian nautch girl throughout her literary career. In Gardish-e-Rang-e-Chaman, which is considered to be a semi-documentary work, she blurs the boundaries between the respectable and the non-respectable. The inspiration of the title was taken from a Mirza Ghalib couplet: Gardish-e-rangé chaman hai mah o sal-e-andalib