In the Name of Those Married Women…
… is a chapter from the book A Life in Words: Memoirs translated from Urdu by M Asaduddin. It elaborates …
Tag Archives: Saadat Hasan Manto
My Name is Radha
My name is Radha: The Essential Manto is the latest English translation of Manto’s prolific work, to land at book …
“Manto” A film to Release on April 2015
We can’t wait for this…. Pakistani production simply titled Manto, is scheduled to be released after the cricket World Cup sometime …
Waaqif
Waaqif – to become familiar or acquainted with something. Nawaaqif is the opposite, meaning not familiar with something. This lafz …
Walking Manto’s Bombay
Indian Quaterly (IQ) magazine has published a very interesting article on short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s neighbourhoods in Mumbai. …
Gurmukh Singh ki Wasiyat
It may seem like a hackneyed assertion, but the truth remains that the more stories we read by Sadat Hasan …
Anatomy of an obscenity trial
A lot has been written about Saadat Hasan Manto – the prolific Urdu short story writer – on the Urduwallahs …
The Pity of Partition
Ayesha Jalal’s recently released book, The Pity of Parition, captures the Life, Times and Work of her grand-Uncle, prolific Urdu …
Manto and the Human Dimension of 1947
Urduwallahs are proud to be associated with Asia Society, as Outreach Partner, for their upcoming event: Manto and the Human …
Colours in Urdu
Kathai aankhon wali ek ladki, ek hi baat par bigadti hai Tum mujhe kyun nahi mile pehle, roz kehke mujhse …
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