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Sa’adat Hasan Manto

'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

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