Stories can do magic. They plunge us into different worlds, introduce us to new people and expose us to their predicaments. They allow us to think new thoughts and imagine new possibilities — ...

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 ...

A six-volume compilation on Manto is rich with essays on his work The fascination with Sadat Hasan Manto is endless. A few years ago on his 100th birth anniversary a lot of books were published on ...

Dim lights, antique furniture, Beghum Akhtar’s ghazal Ab Chhalakte Huye Sagar being played in the background and the auditorium filled with an aromatic scent of incense sticks – such was the setting ...

LAHORE: Novelist and short story writer Intizar Husain says Saadat Hasan Manto is the metaphor for the new Urdu short story. He considers Manto the next milestone after Premchand, the father of Urdu ...

A conference on Naya Urdu Afsana (Modern Urdu short story) was organised on April 7 at the Lahore University of Managements Sciences (LUMS) to mark the 100th birth anniversary of writer Saadat Hasan ...

KARACHI: Saadat Hasan Manto has had a resonating impact on the coming generations of storytellers. Even when the division of the subcontinent doesn’t seem to be a subject to focus on for writers, ...

After delivering some hard-hitting roles on the big and small screens, Nawazuddin Siddiqui took up the challenge to portray the role of Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto in his biopic, Manto. The ...