Woman and literature share an interesting relationship which has been explored by the writers in all the languages. Gender discrimination, sexual abuse, child marriage and widowhood have been the key social issues.Ismat Chughtai (1911-91), an Urdu writer gave a new direction to Urdu short stories. She established the tradition of understanding and presented issues from women's point of view, which even the male writers could not dare to write about. Through her works she gives us glimpses of conflicting emotions and complex psyche and experiences of woman and a girl child. She portrays the lives of women and their sexual and psychological problems, with remarkable boldness and courage. The present paper proposes to explore the sensitive issues like marriage, child mother, sexual abuse, unsuccessful marriage dealt by Chughtai in her short stories , like "Gainda" ("Gainda"), "Wedding Suit" ("Chauthi Ka Jora"), "Quilt" ("Lihaaf"), "Home Maker" ("Gharwali") etc. (trans. in English by M.Asadudin) with utmost reality