Manto’s stories are renowned for their unfiltered, unflinching portrayal of society's darker sides. ‘Kali Salwaar’, which reveals the dreams and vulnerabilities of a sex worker, is among them.
On his 107th birth anniversary, ThePrint remembers Saadat Hasan Manto, the writer & rebel who blamed Partition for bringing out the worst in people, and his enduring legacy.
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It’s just North Indians who obsess over Manto. Manto is lucky in this sense. Had he written in any of the four main South Indian languages (Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam) or even Bengali/Marathi, he would have been considered a second rate author. Nothing more than that.
The acute paucity of high quality literature in North Indian languages has helped him attain this stature. The Print, obsessed as it is with north India, naturally sings paeans to him.
It’s just North Indians who obsess over Manto. Manto is lucky in this sense. Had he written in any of the four main South Indian languages (Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam) or even Bengali/Marathi, he would have been considered a second rate author. Nothing more than that.
The acute paucity of high quality literature in North Indian languages has helped him attain this stature. The Print, obsessed as it is with north India, naturally sings paeans to him.