Saadat Hasan Manto

Dive into the compelling world of Saadat Hasan Manto, celebrated for his incisive and daring stories that lay bare the complexities of human nature and society.

‘If you find my stories obscene or filthy, then the society you are living in is obscene and dirty,’ once said Manto. While Manto was time and again accused of obscenity, his stories addressed several social issues....

Urdu bhaasha ke prakhyaat kahaaneekaar Saaadat hasan Manto vishv katha sahitya kaa ek aisa naam hai, jisase sahitya kee samajh aur prem rakhne vaala pratyek paathak parichit hai....

Once asked, why do you write stories? Manto replied – ‘I do not write stories, stories write me....

अगर आपको मेरी कहानियाँ अश्लील या गन्दी लगती है , तो जिस समाज में आप रह रहे है , वह अश्लील और गन्दा है।....

Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) needs no introduction. One of the greatest stars of Urdu literature, Manto published over 20 collections of short stories in a literary career spanning almost two decades....

"If you find my stories obscene or filthy, then the society you are living in is obscene and dirty", once said Manto. While Manto was time and again accused of obscenity, his stories, however, addressed several social issues....

‘अगर आप मेरी कहानियाँ बरदाश्त नहीं कर सकते, तो दरअसल ज़माना ही नाक़ाबिले-बरदाश्त है।

Saadat Hasan Manto was born in 1912. As a playwright and author, he wrote in what was then British India until the 1947 partition placed him on the Pakistan side of the new border. He wrote mainly in Urdu and was a prolific short story writer.

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