The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide

Publication Data

• Title The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide
• Author Ayesha Jalal
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Princeton
• Language English

Contents

Prelude: Manto and Partition
I. Stories
"Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion"
Amritsar Dreams of Revolution
Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities
II. Memories
Remembering Partition
From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves
Living and Walking Bombay
III. Histories
Partition : Neither End nor Beginning
On the Postcolonial Moment
Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War
Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On...

Topics

• Manṭo, Saʿādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Manṭo, Saʿādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 :: Political and social views
• Manṭo, Saʿādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955 :: Correspondence
• Manṭo, Saʿādat Ḥasan, 1912-1955
• India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949
• South Asia :: History :: 20th century
• Authors, Urdu :: 20th century :: Biography
• Short stories, Urdu :: History and criticism
• Narration (Rhetoric) :: Political aspects :: South Asia :: History :: 20th century
• India :: History :: Partition, 1947
• South Asia :: In literature
• India
• South Asia

The pity of partition : Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide by Ayesha Jalal. ISBN 9780691153629. Published by Princeton University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.