Pakistani Readers discussion

Want to dip into urdu lit..any suggestions for a good fiction book?

Raja jidh
Hasil ghat
Daees huy pardees

What about manto ky afsaany? Have u tried them?

Himaqatein by Shafiq ur Rehman (humour).
Pressure Cooker by Siddiq Salik ( novel).
Akhri Chatan by Nasim Hijazi (novel).

Muhammad wrote: "What about manto ky afsaany? Have u tried them?"

they are good, but not good for starters

As for Manto,he is controversial.He spent much of his life battling charges of obscenity.But that aside,his stories are powerful enough to shock the reader as he delves deep into the baser human instincts.

Raja Gidh / راجه گدھ by Bano Qudsia

Siyah Hashiye / سیاہ حاشئے by سعادت حسن منٹو

Rustam o Sohrab by Agha Hashr Kashmiri

Personally,I have yet to become particularly excited by the newer Urdu writers.

Umera I can't stand.Nimra I haven't tried but I presume she is similar.

Now they're all addicted to smartphones and social media.Who reads anyway ?

I mean very very few.

Haha,who are providing insights ? I see nobody here.

In urduc classic Novels....Udas Naslain...Aag Ka darya..Bahao..and Basti are Must read.

But it does seem to me that the quality of the work of newer Urdu writers is going downhill is going downhill fast.

If Nimra and Umera are the best examples of current Urdu writers,then the writers of previous generations were far better.