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"Toba Tek Singh" (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition .
- Saadat Hasan Manto, Uma Thukral
- 1955
Sep 1, 2003 · By Saadat Hasan Manto. Translated from Urdu by Richard McGill Murphy. Saadat Hasan Manto writes about the period after Partition when the governments of Pakistan and India decided to exchange “lunatics” like they exchanged civilian prisoners. September 1, 2003.
Toba Tek Singh is a short story based on the partition of India, written by Saadat Hasan Manto. It was first written in Urdu and published in 1955. It is interwoven with the theme of partition and its emotional and psychological effects on the human psyche.
Listed in the BBC's 100 stories that shaped the world, Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto is praised as a classic that translates the trauma of the Partition through the post-Partition exchange of lunatics across the India and Pakistan border.
Saadat Hasan Manto (/ m ɑː n,-t ɒ /; Punjabi, Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, pronounced [səˈaːd̪ət̪ ˈɦəsən ˈməɳʈoː]; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.
Jun 6, 2022 · ― Saadat Hasan Manto Toba Tek Singh is a small tehsil( administrative division) of the Toba Tek Singh district in the Punjab province, now in Pakistan. An interesting story goes...
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