Past in Perspective.

'Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being 'false,' 'untrue,' yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.'

-Clark Zlotchew

Saadat Hasan Manto, born on 11 May 1912 in Ludhiana, is regarded as the most celebrated Urdu short story writers of all times. Saadat Hassan Manto was also a film and radio scriptwriter and journalist. Some of his most praised works include Thanda Gosht, Khol Do, Toba Tek Singh, Kali Shalwar, Mozaile and Babu Gopi Nath. He published twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, and two collections of personal sketches.

The most defining phase of his literary life was the time when the partition of India materialised. He produced some of his most outstanding literary pieces around the theme of partition. He was much...