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My Name is Radha
My Name is Radha | Saadat Hasan Manto
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A bohemian and an iconoclast, the figure of Saadat Hasan Manto looms large over the literature of the Indian subcontinent. We know of his stories on the horrors of Partition and the struggles of prostitutes. But neither Partition nor prostitution gave birth to the genius of Manto. They only furnished him with an occasion to reveal the truth of the human condition. My Name Is Radha is a path-breaking edition of stories which delves deep into Mantos creative world, and refreshingly brings into focus Manto the writer rather than Manto the commentator. Muhammad Umar Memons inspired selection of Mantos best-known stories along with those less talked about, and his precise and elegant translation showcase an astonishing writer being true to his calling. The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story Salman Rushdie An errant genius The Hindu
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My Name is Radha | Saadat Hasan Manto
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Read this in Urdu. The narrative is good.

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My Name is Radha | Saadat Hasan Manto

Here are two of a series of letters written post partition by Manto to "Uncle Sam" that not only reflect his own wit, writing genius and the ethos of that era, but make for delightful and relevant reading even and especially now, more than 5 decades later..

http://www.alhamra.com/Excerpts/LettersExcerpt.htm

http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/third-letter-to-uncle-sam

#manto #unclesam #letterstounclesam #shortstories #inotherwords

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My Name is Radha | Saadat Hasan Manto

"I had seen Siraj once or twice. She was really skinny but beautiful, and her prominent eyes over-shadowed every other feature on her oval face. When I saw her for the first time on Clare road, I was puzzled. I wanted to tell her eyes, ‘Excuse me, please move aside a little so I can see Siraj.‘ Needless to say, it didn‘t happen."

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For the love of Manto.

Saadat Hasan Manto's stories, dark as they may be, leave your heart that much lighter for the whittling down it endures whilst reading them.

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