The Pity Of Partition
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The Pity Of Partition
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Author : Ayesha Jalal
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-21
The Pity Of Partition written by Ayesha Jalal and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A history of partition seen through the life and fiction of one of the subcontinent's most important modern writers Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was an established Urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in Bombay at the time of India's partition in 1947, and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to Lahore in newly formed Pakistan. Today Manto is an acknowledged master of twentieth-century Urdu literature, and his fiction serves as a lens through which the tragedy of partition is brought sharply into focus. In The Pity of Partition, Manto's life and work serve as a prism to capture the human dimension of sectarian conflict in the final decades and immediate aftermath of the British raj. Ayesha Jalal draws on Manto's stories, sketches, and essays, as well as a trove of his private letters, to present an intimate history of partition and its devastating toll. Probing the creative tension between literature and history, she charts a new way of reconnecting the histories of individuals, families, and communities in the throes of cataclysmic change. Jalal brings to life the people, locales, and events that inspired Manto's fiction, which is characterized by an eye for detail, a measure of wit and irreverence, and elements of suspense and surprise. In turn, she mines these writings for fresh insights into everyday cosmopolitanism in Bombay and Lahore, the experience and causes of partition, the postcolonial transition, and the advent of the Cold War in South Asia. The first in-depth look in English at this influential literary figure, The Pity of Partition demonstrates the revelatory power of art in times of great historical rupture.
The Pity Of Partition
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Author : Ayesha Jalal
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-24
The Pity Of Partition written by Ayesha Jalal and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The contents of this book cover Amritsar dreams of revolution, remembering Partition, living and walking Bombay, on the postcolonial moment, Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War, and much more.
Black Margins
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Author : Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo
language : en
Publisher: Katha
Release Date : 2003
Black Margins written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and has been published by Katha this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Fiction categories.
Along with Manto s open letter to Nehru that reveals his state of mind after the Partition, this collection captures the best of Manto s literary powers. Part of the Pakistan Writers Series, which presents English translations of Urdu fiction from Pakistan, Black Margins encompasses the range of Manto s thematic and formalistic concerns.
The Sole Spokesman
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Author : Ayesha Jalal
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-04-28
The Sole Spokesman written by Ayesha Jalal and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League, this book assesses the role of religious communalism in shaping the movement for Pakistan.
This Is Not That Dawn
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Author : Yashpal
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2010
This Is Not That Dawn written by Yashpal and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Jhootha Sach is arguably the most outstanding piece of Hindi literature written about the Partiton. Reviving life in Lahore as it was before 1947,
Making A Muslim
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Author : S. Akbar Zaidi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Making A Muslim written by S. Akbar Zaidi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with History categories.
Using primarily Urdu sources from the nineteenth century, this book allows us to rethink notions of 'the Muslim', in its numerous, complex and often contradictory forms, which emerged in colonial North India after 1857. Allowing the self-representation of Muslimness and its manifestations to emerge, it contrasts how the colonial British 'made Muslims' very differently compared to how the community envisaged themselves. A key argument made here contests the general sense of the narrative of lamentation, decay, decline, and a sense of self-pity and ruination, by proposing a different condition, that of zillat, a condition which gave rise to much self-reflection resulting in action, even if it was in the form of writing and expression. By questioning how and when a Muslim community emerged in colonial India, the book unsettles the teleological explanation of the Partition of India and the making of Pakistan.
Bitter Fruit
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Author : Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Global
Release Date : 2008
Bitter Fruit written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and has been published by Penguin Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
The most widely read and the most translated writer in Urdu, Saadat Hasan Manto constantly challenged the hypocrisy and sham morality of civilized society.
The Dog Of Tithwal
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Author : Saadat Hasan Manto
language : en
Publisher: Archipelago
Release Date : 2021-09-14
The Dog Of Tithwal written by Saadat Hasan Manto and has been published by Archipelago this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with Fiction categories.
“[Manto’s] empathy and narrative economy invite comparisons with Chekhov. These readable, idiomatic translations have all the agile swiftness and understated poignancy that parallel suggests." ---Boyd Tonkin, Wall Street Journal Stories from "the undisputed master of the modern Indian short story" encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition (Salman Rushdie) By far the most comprehensive collection of stories by this 20th Century master available in English. A master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto opens a window onto Bombay’s demimonde—its prostitutes, rickshaw drivers, artists, and strays as well probing the pain and bewilderment of the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs ripped apart by the India-Pakistan Partition. Manto is best known for his dry-eyed examination of the violence, horrors, and reverberations from the Partition. From a stray dog caught in the crossfire at the fresh border of India and Pakistan, to friendly neighbors turned enemy soldiers pausing for tea together in a momentary cease fire—Manto shines incandescent light into hidden corners with an unflinching gaze, and a fierce humanism. With a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Vijay Seshadri, these stories are essential reading for our current moment where divisiveness is erupting into violence in so many parts of the world.
Shatila Stories
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Author : Samih Mahmoud
language : en
Publisher: Peirene Press
Release Date : 2018-06-18
Shatila Stories written by Samih Mahmoud and has been published by Peirene Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-18 with Fiction categories.
Most novels are written by professional writers using second hand material. Not this one. Peirene commissioned nine refugees to tell their 'Shatila Stories'. The result is a piece of collaborative fiction unlike any other. If you want to understand the chaos of the Middle East – or you just want to follow the course of a beautiful love story – start here. Adam and his family flee Syria and arrive at the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut. Conditions in this overcrowded Palestinian camp are tough, and violence defines many of the relationships: a father fights to save his daughter, a gang leader plots to expand his influence, and drugs break up a family. Adam struggles to make sense of his refugee experience, but then he meets Shatha and starts to view the camp through her eyes. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: I want to hear their stories and see if their imaginations can open up a new path of understanding between us. Collaborative works of literature can achieve what no other literature can do. By pooling our imaginations we are able to access something totally different and new that goes beyond boundaries – that of the individual, of nations, of cultures. It connects us to our common human essence: our creativity. Let's make stories, not more war. 'This remarkable novel isn't about the refugee voice; it is born from it and told through it. On every page, the glint of hope for dignity and a better life is heartbreakingly alive.' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner 'Both from a humanitarian standpoint and an artistic perspective, Peirene are doing invaluable work in finding new voices who open our eyes, ears and hearts to worldly reality in all its profound suffering, joy, community, isolation and complexity.' Bidisha, Writer and Broadcaster.
Mottled Dawn
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Author : Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2011
Mottled Dawn written by Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 categories.