<strong>By Umair Khan</strong>
The talk given by historian Ayesha Jalal on Saadat Hasan Manto was a unique literary experience. Writer Ali Sethi, who was moderating the session, asked pertinent questions and Jalal, being Manto’s grandniece, had the privilege of accessing the writer’s ‘personality’ as remembered by his family. She also analysed his writings in the sociopolitical context of Partition. This blend of personal and academic makes her recent book on Manto, The
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