LAHORE: Intellectuals, writers and the civil society activists on Sunday paid rich tributes to short story genius Saadat Hasan Manto, who kept raising voice against extremism, terrorism, double ...

A six-volume compilation on Manto is rich with essays on his work The fascination with Sadat Hasan Manto is endless. A few years ago on his 100th birth anniversary a lot of books were published on ...

January 18 was Manto’s 64th death anniversary and it should be noted that Manto has been experiencing something of a renaissance for quite a few years. Manto’s best short stories like ‘Toba Tek Singh’ ...

This biopic of celebrated — and castigated — Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto is stately, but too staid for his provocative writing. “Manto” could garner support among the educated bourgeois ...

Conceived and performed by Ashwath Bhatt, Ek Mulaqat Manto Se is a solo act that reflects on the good, the bad and the controversial life and time of writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Bhatt, who has been ...

“Here lies buried Saadat Hasan Manto in whose bosom are enshrined all the secrets and art of short story writing. Buried under mounds of earth, even now he is contemplating whether he is a greater ...

Writer Saadat Hasan Manto was infamous for digging deep into the society, unfurling facets that most people chose to keep hidden. If you feel disturbed after watching his biopic, then director Sarmad ...

So little is known and even less written about the women who have unflinchingly supported their celebrated men. It is true that Safia Deen would not have been known had she not married Saadat Hasan ...

I first read Saadat Hasan Manto as a teenager and the spirit of what I’m writing now was etched on my memory in those years. I was too young to understand the intricacies of his stories but I enjoyed ...

"Jaane woh kaise log the jinke pyar ko pyar mila..." Echoing the disenchantment of a post-Nehruvian generation trapped between Partition and modernisation, Guru Dutt in "Pyaasa" epitomised the poet's ...

This biopic of celebrated — and castigated — Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto is stately, but too staid for his provocative writing. “Manto” could garner support among the educated bourgeois ...