For Nandita Das, Saadat Hasan Manto embodies freedom of speech

At a time when freedom of speech has never been more threatened by the powers that be, Saadat Hasan Manto’s writings become a refuge, a retreat that taunts us to not despair. Manto, like the dark matter of the literary universe, engaged with what was wished away, what was rendered invisible to the genteel and morally disintegrating period of pre and post-Partition India. Read More