Manto and Chughtai

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Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9353055881
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Manto and Chughtai written by and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ismat Chughtai and Sadat Hasan Mantho were Urdu's most courageous and controversial writers in the twentieth century. Featuring themes such as communal violence, the Partition, sex, relationships, and more, this collection features some of their most famous short stories.

My Friend, My Enemy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book My Friend, My Enemy written by ʻIṣmat Cug̲h̲tāʼī and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Essays, communal violence, literature, women, non-fiction, Lihaaf trial, Bombay, Bhopal."

Manto

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9788184001440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Manto written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paper Attire

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199403554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Paper Attire written by ʻIṣmat Cug̲h̲tāʼī and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of an Urdu writer.

Manto-Saheb

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ISBN 13 : 9789388070393
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Manto-Saheb written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Saadat Hasan Manto has a good claim to be considered the greatest South Asian writer of the 20th century... [He] incarnated the exuberance, the madness, the alcoholic delirium of his time...'--Suketu Mehta, The New York Times This remarkable anthology brings together stories about Saadat Hasan Manto, essayist, scriptwriter, and a master of the short story, by his friends, family and rivals--among others, Ismat Chughtai, Upendranath Ashk, Balwant Gargi, Krishan Chander, his daughter Nuzhat and nephew Hamid Jalal. These are accounts of grand friendships and quarrels, protracted drinking bouts, cutthroat rivalries in the world of Urdu letters, and intense engagement with issues of that turbulent age. Together, they form an unprecedented portrait of the literary and film worlds of the time, and of the great cities of Bombay, Delhi and Lahore. They also offer a glimpse of the making of a legend even as they reveal Manto as a complex man of many contradictions. A devoted husband and father, he was as comfortable at home as he was at prostitutes' quarters, seeking new material. Generous to a fault, he freely gave away his earnings and often put his family in financial jeopardy. Fiercely competitive and an outspoken critic of others' writing, he brooked no criticism of his own, at times choosing to sever ties rather than have his words tampered with. And, for much of his adult life, right until the end, Manto was an alcoholic who fiercely defended his choice to remain one. Honest, frank and personal, at times sentimental, and critical--even gossipy--at others, the pieces in Manto-Saheb constitute an unparalleled, multi-faceted biography of a genius

Black Margins

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Publisher : Katha
ISBN 13 : 9788187649403
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Black Margins written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and published by Katha. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Manto s open letter to Nehru that reveals his state of mind after the Partition, this collection captures the best of Manto s literary powers. Part of the Pakistan Writers Series, which presents English translations of Urdu fiction from Pakistan, Black Margins encompasses the range of Manto s thematic and formalistic concerns.

Mottled Dawn

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Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0143418319
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Mottled Dawn written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories

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Publisher : Penguin Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
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Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories by : Mohammad Asaduddin

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Classic Urdu Stories written by Mohammad Asaduddin and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Barely A Hundred Years Old, The Urdu Short Story, Or Afsana', Has Established Itself At The Forefront Of Urdu Literature. Emerging As A Discrete Narrative Genre With Munshi Premchand, It Gained Momentum With The Progressive Writers' Movement In The 1930S. The Partition Of The Subcontinent In 1947 Introduced New Dynamics Into The Genre As Writers Grappled With Emerging Trends Of Modernism And Symbolism As Well As With A Depleted Readership In India And The Challenge Of Establishing A New Literary Tradition Commensurate With A New Nationhood In Pakistan. The Penguin Book Of Classic Urdu Stories Brings Together Sixteen Memorable Tales That Have Influenced Generations Of Readers. From Saadat Hasan Manto'S Immortal Partition Narrative Toba Tek Singh' And The Harrowing Realism Of Premchand'S The Shroud' To The Whimsical Strains Of Qurratulain Hyder'S Confessions Of St Flora Of Georgia' And The Daring Experimentation Of Khalida Husain'S Millipede', This Definitive Collection Represents The Best Of Short Fiction In Urdu. In The Process, It Provides A Glimpse Of The Works Of Acclaimed Masters On Both Sides Of The Border Ismat Chughtai And Ashfaq Ahmad, Rajinder Singh Bedi And Intizar Husain, Krishan Chander And Hasan Manzar, Naiyer Masud And Ikramullah.

Manto

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ISBN 13 : 9781074497019
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Manto written by Saadat Hassan Manto and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MantoSaadat Hassan Manto was born in Paraudi, Samarala, (Punjab) India in 1912 and died in 1955. In very short lived life, he produced 37 books in the Urdu language. He was an unconventional and intrepid writer. He did not follow any set rules of the society to write about the truth, and to him, it did not matter how acrimonious and dreadful it was.Manto started his writing career as a trainee in a magazine under the guidance of Baari Alig, who encouraged him to translate the European classics. Victor Hugo's "Last days of a condemned" was his first attempt. He also translated some Russian authors work in Urdu. Manto joined the Progressive Writers Association of leftist leanings, but quickly detached himself from the "Red" concept. So, Manto became a 'turncoat' in many writers forum of "Redness," and he did not care for them, but he kept his friendship with Kishan Chandra and Ismat Chughtai. Manto got the opportunity to write dialogues for the movies. He wrote stories, movie-dialogues, and screenplays for the different films. Due to financial and other reasons, many films remained incomplete, and those that were ultimately released were never a box office hit with one exception. While Manto was struggling to get his last gasp in Lahore, the movie Mirza Ghalib, which was penned by Saadat Hassan Manto, was running successfully and honored with the highest National Award by the Government of India. Manto wrote about Sugandhi, Sultana, Shanti, Siraj, and many others that the world did not treat them well. However, in his time, the world did not esteem him honorably either. Manto could not comprehend the logic to dissect India on religious beliefs. He wrote the stories about the cross-border, such as 'Aakhri Salute, Toba Tek Singh, and Teetwal Ka Kutta', which ostracized Manto in the community. Thanks to overzealous fundamentalists, and for an extended period, Manto was proscribed and indicted, yes, three times in British India and three times in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the vulgarity written in 'Dhuan, Open it, The Odor, Kaali Shalwar, Thanda Gosht and Up and Down and In-between, ' and all those charges originated in Lahore. However, paying even twenty-five rupees as a penalty was a consent of his guilt, though, Manto's friend, Nasir paid the fine. The people believed that Manto was very honest to the extent of being blunt. Moreover, morality got him in trouble. Manto stated about himself in this sketch, "I could tell you with full confidence that Manto, who has been charged several times for being an abrasive writer, is a very fastidious person. But, I could not resist mentioning; he is such a doormat, who keeps himself shifted and winnowed." Some decriers venerated Manto for being honest about his writings. Yes, Manto Sahib that's what you penned, 'Everybody is naked in the bathroom. It is not your job to put the clothes on them. It is the job of the tailors.' Manto was an unconventional and brave writer. He didn't rely on the purported fictional standards of decorum established by the moralistic writers. To Manto, the truth was the truth, regardless, how appalling it was, and Manto never corrupted it. Manto wrote, "If you don't discern your social order, read my stories. If you catch a flaw, it's the defect of your society, not my stories."Moreover, Manto was gutsy enough to write his own epitaph, challenging God as to who was the better story writer, Manto or Him. After all, the Omnipotent kept him under His shelter, though, he tried to be brazen. But nothing could be said about Manto's admirers. They were scared along with his family that Manto's flout could be blasphemous; therefore, his tombstone's epigraph was substituted with a verse of Ghalib.Rest in Peace, Janab Saadat Hassan Manto.

One Drop of Blood

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ISBN 13 : 9789385606250
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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The Pity of Partition

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691153620
Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book The Pity of Partition written by Ayesha Jalal and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of this book cover Amritsar dreams of revolution, remembering Partition, living and walking Bombay, on the postcolonial moment, Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War, and much more.

The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told

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Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789383064076
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told written by Muhammad Umar Memon and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected and translated by writer, editor and translator par excellence Muhammad Umar Memon, the twenty-five stories in this book represent the finest short fiction in Urdu literature. In his Introduction, Memon traces the evolution of the Urdu short story from its origins in the work of writers like Munshi Premchand-'the first professional short story writer in Urdu'-through the emergence of the Progressives in the late 1930s, whose writings were unabashedly political and underpinned their Marxist ideologies, to the post-Independence 'Modernist' era, and today's generation of avant-garde, experimental writers of Urdu fiction. Every story in the anthology illustrates one or the other facet of the form in the Urdu literary tradition. But even more than for their formal technique and inventiveness, these stories have been included because of their power and impact on the reader. Death and poverty face off in Premchand's masterpiece

Letters to Uncle Sam

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Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Letters to Uncle Sam written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Very Strange Man

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Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book A Very Strange Man written by ʻIṣmat Cug̲h̲tāʼī and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel set in the Bombay Film World of the 1940s and 50s is the riveting story of Dharam Dev the famous actor director and producer and his all consuming and doomed passion for Zarina Jamal the young dancer from Madras whom he brings to Bombay and transforms into a great actress. He looks on in anguish as his betrayed wife Mangala a well-known playback singer sinks slowly into alcoholism. When Zarina abandons him he is overwrought and dies of an overdose friendless and alone. In an interview for the Journal Mehfil in 1972 Ismat Chughtai described this novel about the Bombay Film Industry as based on the life of a film producer who committed suicide after the dancer whom he had made into a big star left him in the lurch. This is not only a close personal look at an actor's rise to fame and glory but an insightful and critical examination of the Bombay film scene of the time by one who knew it at first hand. This irreverent sharply observed narrative is Vintage Chughtai.

India Dissents

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ISBN 13 : 9789386338082
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Download or read book India Dissents written by Ashok Vajpeyi and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Indian history, various individuals and groups have questioned, censured and debated authority--be it the state or empire, religious or political traditions, caste hierarchies, patriarchy or even the idea of god. These dissenting voices have persisted despite all attempts made to silence them. They have inspired revolutions and uprisings, helped preserve individual dignity and freedom, and promoted tolerance and a plurality in thought and lifestyle. India Dissents: 3,000 Years of Difference, Doubt and Argument brings together some of these voices that have sustained India as a great and vibrant civilization. Collected in these pages are essays, letters, reports, poems, songs and calls to action--from texts ranging from the Rig Veda to Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste; and by thinkers as varied as the Buddha, Akka Mahadevi, Lal Ded, Nanak, Ghalib, Tagore, Gandhi, Manto, Jayaprakash Narayan, Namdeo Dhasal, Mahasweta Devi and Amartya Sen. Their words embody the undying and essential spirit of dissent in one of the world's most diverse, dynamic and oldest civilizations.

Stars from Another Sky

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Publisher : Penguin Random House India Pvt.Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780143430117
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Stars from Another Sky written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and published by Penguin Random House India Pvt.Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unforgettable reminiscences about the eccentric, glamorous, yet angst-ridden Hindi film world of the 1940s. Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the greatest short story writers of the Urdu language, was also a film journalist and story-writer for the Hindi film industry in Bombay. As an insider he was privy to the most private moments of the men and women who have dazzled generations of audiences. In this series of sketches, Ashok Kumar, the screen idol of yore, emerges as a shy, yet brilliant actor, forever looking to flee the eager advances of his female fans; Nargis comes across as just another young girl looking for companionship among her peers before she steps on the ladder that will forever take her away from the comforts of an ordinary middle-class life; and Shyam-the dashing, handsome hero-is portrayed as a straightforward, flirtatious young man pining for the woman he loves. Manto also describes in detail the obsessions of Sitara Devi; the unfulfilled desires of Paro Devi; and the intriguing twists and turns which transform Neena Devi from an ordinary housewife into a pawn in the hands of film companies. He writes with relish about the bunglings of the comedian V.H. Desai and the incredible dedication of Nawab Kaashmiri to the art of acting. There are also stories about the rise of Nur Jehan as the greatest singer of her times; and the various peccadilloes of the musician, Rafiq Ghaznavi. With subjects ranging from film journalism to the sexual eccentricities of these stars, Manto brings to life a generation with his characteristic verve and honesty.

Manto & I

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ISBN 13 : 9788194365747
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Manto & I written by Nandita Das and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: