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’ ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Local literary circles have declared 2012 as the year to celebrate Saadat Hasan Manto’s genius. The grand master of Urdu fiction, Intezar Hussain writes that this year of celebration, “Provides an ...

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 ...

Religious intolerance, censorship, the struggle of artists to ply their trade, the crushing of the individual soul by forces too large to combat – just as it is now, it was all happening in the 1940s, ...

Manto Trailer: After garnering accolades at several film festivals, the makers of Manto have finally launched the trailer. This Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Rasika Dugal starrer is directed by Nadita Das.

(L-R) Niranjan Iyengar, Nandita Das and Amitav Ghosh with copies of 'Manto & I' on stage at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, in association with The Telegraph and Victoria Memorial Hall on ...