Author: Saadat Hasan Manto
Editor(s): Muhammad Umar Memon
Publisher: Katha
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 305
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649402
Description
The reader vividly recalls the demented Sikh lying between the barbed wires marking the borders of India and Pakistan, in the so-called no man's land, refusing to accept the division of the country. The image captivates one's mind.
This image, which has been seen repeatedly in the many dramatized and film versions of the story, would do credit to a famous painter like Van Gogh or Degas. It is the image of a nowhere man, an existential exile, a marginal man whose fate is decided by the politics of attrition indulged in by shortsighted politicians. A man who is the proverbial pawn in the overwhelming events of history.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The New Law
The Black Shalwar
Odour
Insult
For Freedom's Sake
Khalid
Barren
Saha'e
Black Margins
The Dog of Tetwal
Open It!
Cold Meat
Toba Tek Singh
Ismat Chughtai
Askok Kumar
Sa'adat Hasan Manto
Pandit Mant