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This is a unique collection of brilliant non-fiction writing, translated by well-known author and journalist Aakar Patel, from the subcontinent's greatest writer: Saadat Hasan Manto.
In this extract, Manto’s essays discuss the dispute over what should be the official language between Hindi and Urdu, politicians, Partition and riots. He wrote these essays around the time of partition and yet the issues are alarmingly relevant today as well.
19 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 11, 2019