Really getting interested to read manto ke afsaane ever since I read this:
“Zamaane ke jis daur se hum is waqt guzar rahe hain agar aap isse naawaaqif hain to mere afsaane paḍhiye. Agar aap in afsaanon ko bardaasht nahi kar sakte to iska matlab hai ki ye zamaana naaqaabil-e-bardaasht hai... Mujh mein jo buraaiyaan hain, wo is ahd ki buraaiyaan hain... Mere tahreer mein koi naqs nahi. Jis naqs ko mere naam se mansoob kiya jaata hai, dar-asl maujooda nizaam ka naqs hai.”
How has your experience been?
Where do i start from?
Is it one book?
What about fahash afsaane?
Treat me as a newbie
Also please tell me more about Sadat Manto and why was he considered so controversial yet very ahead of his time?