Between Clay and Dust: Amid today’s turmoil, one novelist finds stability in dying cultures
MA Farooqi’s lead characters are remnants of a bygone era of the subcontinent.
MA Farooqi’s lead characters are remnants of a bygone era of the subcontinent.
The book ends with the expected exhortations for Pakistan to get its act together.
Randhir reached for his bag and took out a book, 'Selected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto'.
Even among his envious contemporaries, Manto was recognised as a uniquely talented writer.
Manto’s stories are a concave lens which sees through societal hypocrisy and reveals us to ourselves.