Last evening we paid tribute to Saadat Hasan Manto in Katha Kathans Jashn-e-Manto.

Last evening we paid tribute to Saadat Hasan Manto in Katha Kathans Jashn-e-Manto.Saadat Hasan Manto (19121955) was a prolific and controversial Urdu writer, renowned for his raw, unflinching portrayal of human nature, prostitution, and the brutal violence of the 1947 Partition. Born in British India, he lived in Bombay before migrating to Pakistan, where he died in poverty at 42 due to alcohol-related issues, leaving behind a massive, celebrated literary.He was born to a Muslim family in the predominatly Sikh city of Ludhiana, Punjab, present-day India. Partition violence later led him to move from Bombay to Pakistan. He is most famous for his collections of short stories which were written in Urdu and covered controversial topics.