'Prostitution is indispensable,' writes Manto in 'Ismat-Faroshi'

The Urdu writer considers women who sell their bodies as a profession.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Oct 12, 2014 · 04:30 pm

'Literature is a thermometer that reads the temperature of one’s country and people': Manto's 'Touchstone'

What are these touchstones but literary journals, annuals, monthlies, weeklies, dailies?

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Oct 05, 2014 · 12:30 pm

In Manto's 'Turnips', a man and his wife fight over lunch

“You can forget about lunch if you keep turning up at 3:00 in the afternoon day after day. Even in a restaurant you wouldn’t get dal-roti at this hour. I absolutely don’t like your habits.”

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Sep 28, 2014 · 12:30 pm

Scent of a woman: Sa'adat Hasan Manto's 'Smell'

Even though he was familiar with the smell radiating from every pore of the girl’s body, he couldn’t quite describe what it was.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Sep 21, 2014 · 04:30 pm

'Prostitution is allowed so why should writing about it be illegal?': Manto

The great Urdu author explains why his short story 'Kali Shalvar' is not obscene.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Sep 14, 2014 · 12:30 pm

'I wanted to find out how smutty Lady Chatterley's Lover is': Manto

In Manto's 'Upper, Lower, Middle', a steamy conversation between a man and his wife.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Sep 07, 2014 · 04:30 pm

All he could see was the same stretcher with a corpse lying on it: Manto's 'Open it!'

Scenes from the Partition.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Aug 31, 2014 · 07:38 am

'Your friends’ wives are actresses or sluts': Manto's 'The Gold Ring'

A husband and wife squabble over cigarettes, haircuts and a gold ring.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Aug 24, 2014 · 12:30 pm

When footwear becomes cause for divorce: Sa'adat Hasan Manto's 'Green Sandals'

A wife expresses her displeasure over her marriage.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Aug 17, 2014 · 12:30 pm

I am Bombay on wheels, alive and kicking, writes Manto

The writer on his life after he left the Indian financial hub.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Aug 10, 2014 · 06:50 am

Sa‘adat Hasan Manto: The Fifth Trial

The writer describes what transpired when he was summoned to court on charges that his short story 'Ūpar, Nīčē Aur Darmiyān' violated an obscenity law.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Aug 03, 2014 · 06:00 am

Sa'adat Hasan Manto: Why do people get drunk?

The great short story writer looks at one of life's oldest mysteries, the pleasures of intoxication.

Sa’adat Hasan Manto

· Jul 27, 2014 · 06:55 am