Reading Manto’s Khol Do and Mozel in times of Delhi riots on April 1, 2020Urdu story writer Saadat Hassan Manto is as relevant today, as was he during the first half of the last century. His stories are as meaningful today as was these, during his life time. Manto wrote with such eloquence and artistry that upon starting a story, reader is compelled to read it to the end […]
The women in Ismat Chughtai’s short stories on June 14, 2019Ismat Chughtai is one of the best short story writers and one among the first few feminist writers of Urdu literature. Ismat Chughtai is considered the trend setter in Urdu short story and touched new topics which were considered taboo when Urdu short story was in its infancy and its scope of topics was very […]
Reading Kaalu Bhangi in today’s India on June 14, 2019Writer Krishan Chander is considered one of the great short story writers, Urdu literature has produced. He was a firm believer in the uplift of the oppressed and downtrodden. Krishan Chander dreamt and strived for a society, in which every human being is respected irrespective of his religion, caste and sect and which is free […]