From being tried for obscenity to being one of the most powerful writers of the post-Partition era, Saadat Hasan Manto’s work has been both criticised and celebrated. His fearless and painfully real writings remain relevant till date and is one of the factors that made the organisers of Mehfil @ Prithvi, an informal gathering of the lovers of the Urdu language, choose to discuss his work. Earlier, the group had highlighted the works of stalwarts like Ghalib, Faiz, Begum Akhtar, Zohra Sehgal and Jagjit Singh among others.

Saadat Hasan Manto