"Loving Progress, Liking Modernity, Hating Manto". "Reclaiming Humanity: Women in Manto's Short Stories". Another Lonely Voice: The Life and Works of Saadat Hassan Manto. Manto also depicted romance in some of his stories such as Shushu (Shushu) and Mera aur uska intiqam (My revenge and hers), both of which dealt with teenage love. In Das rupaye (Ten Rupees), he depicts the life of Sarita, an innocent young girl who works as a part time prostitute. There was no concept of basic human rights for the Indians. Influenced from Maxim Gorky’s Twenty-six Men and a Girl, Shaghl deals with the abduction of a girl by some rich men. The New Constitution by Saadat Hasan Manto The British Raj in India produced a grim story of cruelty and arrogance on the part of haughty English rulers who considered the Indians as a lower creation of God. Manto explores the theme of social realism in stories such as Shaghl (Amusement), Na’rah (The Slogan) and Das rupaye (Ten Rupees). Tamasha (Spectacle), first published in Rusi Afsare (Russian Stories) and later in Atish Paray dealt with the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Naya Qanun (New Law) explores the character of Ustaad Mongu, a tonga-driver and the political atmosphere in India in the backdrop of the commencement of Government of India Act 1935. Stories such as Inqilabi (Revolutionary), Sharabi (Drunkard) and Istudant yubyan kaimp (Student union camp) deal with political issues with characters who identify as revolutionaries or activists. The themes of Manto’s stories show considerable variation.
Istudant yubyan kaimp (Student union camp).Naya Qanun (New Law or New Constitution).The reprints are necessary as these stories were excluded in the later editions of the first publication. Included in this second collection are new stories and also some reprints of stories such as Tamasha (Spectacle), Taqat ka imtahan and Inqilabi (Revolutionary). His first publication was titled Atish Paray. This is the author Manto’s second collection of original short stories. Manto Ke Afsanay was first published in 1940 from Lahore.
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