Raja Gidh

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (June 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Raja Gidh

Author	Bano Qudsia
Original title	راجه گدھ
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Sang-e-Meel
Publication date	1981
Media type	Print
ISBN	969-35-0514-X
OCLC	276769393

Raja Gidh^[1] (Urdu: راجه گدھ‎) by Bano Qudsia is an Urdu novel. Gidh is the Urdu word for a vulture and Raja is a Hindi synonym for king. The name anticipates the kingdom of vultures. In fact, parallel to the main plot of the novel, an allegorical story of such a kingdom is narrated. The metaphor of the vulture as an animal feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals is employed to portray the trespassing of ethical limits imposed by the society or by the religion.^{[citation needed][2]}

See also[]

• Bano Qudsia

References[]

This article about a 1980s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

• v
• t