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Finding Manto in Mumbai
Updated On: 22 September, 2018 09:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Dalreen Ramos
With the release of the much anticipated film, we bring you a list of places to find the legendary author's works
Illustration/Uday Mohite
Who is a greater short story writer, Manto or God? Saadat Hasan Manto contemplated the question on the epitaph he wrote and breathed his last, aged 43 in Lahore. Little did he know that his prolific writing, where he chronicled stories of Partition, would become prophetic. After making waves at the Cannes Film Festival, the film Manto written and directed by Nandita Das, starring Nawazuddin Siddique and Rasika Dugal takes centre stage in India this weekend. And there's no better way to learn about the man than his own words. Although Manto mainly wrote in Urdu, one can find his translated works in both English and Hindi. Here are a few places worth checking out.
Kitaab Khana, Fort
The bookstore has a collection of 19 titles featuring Manto's work.
Dastavez (Hindi): A five-volume anthology of short stories, sketches, essays and plays.
Cost Rs 1,000
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