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The Storyteller: Saadat Hasan Manto (May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955) | DAWN.COM
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
sure...the school i went to "Minto Circle" was named after this great storyteller and tanz/mazaaHiya nigaar which was later renamed after the Bohri Spiritual Leader Syedna Saifuddin [S.T. High School]...i read some of his nigaarishaat as part of my High School Urdu syllabus.
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
i am not good at urdu reading....but i want to read is Thanda gosht and toba tek singh........................:(
what ever i read about him increase my interest in his works....
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
Toba Tek Singh is available on youtube in the voice of Zia Muhuidin.
Why you wanted to read Thanda Gosht? 
I read it when I was in First Year 
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
lijeeye pArh lain
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
wow ninja.. do read and share your experience 
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
Ninja. you are taking too much time for reading a short story like 'Thanda Gosht'. Come on boy, ziada chaske mat lo and share with us how did you find it :)
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
I admire Manto. Thanks to TLK, I tried to read Thanda Gosht. But it convinced me once more that I am not the one who likes fiction. May be some other time.
But still, I would like to read Manto some time, only because he was Manto.
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
Thanda Gosht is about extreme situation. Manto covered vast variety of subjects in his stories. :)
Re: India and Pakistan should jointly celebrate Sadat Hasan Manto centennial
I only went through the first page of that story. Did not finish it. So I am neither saying nor in a position to say whether it is good or bad. Even without reading I would say it should be good since it is from Manto.