Second Letter to Uncle Sam

If Manto was alive today, he would have addressed this letter to Mr. Busharraf, whose proof of Pakistani nation`s enlightment is showing bare legs of our women in day light. Thanks to MMA, this display is in moderation.

If Manto was alive today, he would have addressed this letter to Mr. Busharraf, whose proof of Pakistani nation`s enlightment is showing bare legs of our women in day light. Thanks to MMA, this display is in moderation.

Echo?LokRaj?others?


Do you know any website where they have Manto`s stories in English or in Devnagari script? I am not good at Urdu script.

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Furthermore, to think Mantolives, that t Sadat Hasan Manto may have drank that `vile` whiskey in the same glasses we had home-made cold coffee in! :)

Saaadat Hassan Manto was peerless in his style and the poingancy of his short stories.


Yaseer,

you are a slur to the great writer`s name. change your interactor name.

Read Eight of Manto`s stories in URDU

Hathak is my all time favourite. In my opinion Manto as a story teller excels & exceeds the most well-known & acknowledged story-tellers. Pushkin must be quite great but because I have not read him in Russian so it is difficult for me to say that--but I base it upon the awe and respect which the soviets still have for him..more or less an Iqbal & Ghalib of India & Pakistan but their trespect has more class, dignity , and is at the expense of ``progress``.

Ours is just lip-service & free-loading ; just enough that we may not be called jaahils because we do not know urdu, farsi, and arabie--and so yo look as respectable as a mullah does to the ``masses``.

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Hathak
Baboo Gopi Naath
DhuaaN
Kaali Shalvaar
Nayaa Quanoon
Mummy
Khole-doa
Toba-Tek-Singh

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The idea is to collect here most of the work. If it is easily accessible then the chances of redings & understanding, at the `right` moment, increase.

echoboom..

Thanks... had read them in English but very powerful in Urdu....

Had our Indian friends read them... they would probably hate Manto ... as much as they hate me ...

Truth stings doesn`t it...

Kholed-Doa: ``Open-it``!

A very powerful and disturbing short-story about partition days. No wonder the sensibilities , of those who themselves were/are never brought to trial, were rankled and it was they who charged Manto with sedition and vulgarity.

It is the vulgarity of the whole naa-paak nizaam which has yet to be dragged into the streets for a befitting shariah-punishment.

All trials were under the British Common Law. No mullah ever screamed for Manto`s head. It was the Aligarian`s of sirsyed--the Satan, who had by then become the judges, the Secretaries, and the army & police-officers of Pakistan...It was they who were being exposed under the search-light of Manto`s pen.

Snippets from SiyaaH Haashiyay:

SiyaH Haashiyay : black borders, out-lines or frames. Refers to the tragic events of 1947.

Those who can read Urdu, like Dr. Lokraj, would certainly understand and appreciate these much more.

siyaaH Haashiyay

Once the page opens , please click on each sub-heading to open that page.

im returning top pakistan soon
is his work easily found there

Though the translation is flawless,but to enjoy Manto`s writings fully,one needs to read them in original.In India,his works are available in both arabic as well as devnagri scripts.I learnt urdu to read the original works of Manto,Faiz,Krishan Chander and Rajender Singh Bedi.I remember translating his story ``Naya Kanoon`` into punjabi(gurmukhi) and publishing it in ``Lok Lehar`` in 1983.

I havent read much of manto....but the more i read...the more impressed and influenced i am by his writings. i hope i make the effort soon to read more of his work.

To think Rozaiba... a few days ago we sat on the exact spot in 31 Laxmi Mansion where Manto might have written this letter... to think that we listened to the music that he had listened to ...

Amazing...

Wonderful letters...seven freedoms, five freedoms :D

Fantastic!!!.This man is/was a genius!!!.He`s so honest, it is refreshing!!!!.The man is kinky too!!!.Seduced by the luscious lips of the black G.I.How many south asians will admit to their innermost desires?.I love this guy,Manto!.I will look for his books/writing in Mumbai`s bookshops.Thanks again, Khaild Hasan.