Weekend Feature
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'Prostitution is indispensable,' writes Manto in 'Ismat-Faroshi'
The Urdu writer considers women who sell their bodies as a profession.
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'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?
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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.”
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Trending
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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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.
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'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.
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'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.
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Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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All he could see was the same stretcher with a corpse lying on it: Manto's 'Open it!'
Scenes from the Partition.
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'Your friends’ wives are actresses or sluts': Manto's 'The Gold Ring'
A husband and wife squabble over cigarettes, haircuts and a gold ring.
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When footwear becomes cause for divorce: Sa'adat Hasan Manto's 'Green Sandals'
A wife expresses her displeasure over her marriage.
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The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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I am Bombay on wheels, alive and kicking, writes Manto
The writer on his life after he left the Indian financial hub.
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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.
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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.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024