Author | Saadat Hasan Manto |
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Original title | Dhuan |
Country | British India |
Language | Urdu |
Publisher | Saqi Book Depot (Delhi) [1] |
Publication date | 1941 (first edition) |
Media type |
Part of a series on |
Progressive Writers' Movement |
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Dhuan ( Urdu: Smoke) is a collection of short stories in Urdu by Saadat Hasan Manto first published in 1941.
Dhuan was first published in 1941 from Delhi. [1] This was Manto’s third collection of original short stories after Atish Paray and Manto Ke Afsanay. [2] It was written in Delhi during the time Manto spent in All India Radio. [3] The collection also included reprints of Manto’s earlier stories published in Atish Paray such as Chori, Ji Aaya Sahab (Qasim) and Dewana Shair. [4] An identical collection under the title Kali Salwar (Black Trouser) was also published in Lahore in the same year. [5]
The stories in this collection include: [1]
Dhuan (Smoke), from which the collection takes its title, was first published in the Urdu magazine Saqi. The story deals with the awakening of sexual urges in a twelve-year old boy, Masud. [6] In Cuhe daan (Mousetrap), Manto depicts the early discovery of romantic love by teenages. [6]
Lalten (Laltern), Misri ki dali (A Piece of Rock Candy) and Namukamal Tahrir (Unfinished composition) are similar tales of attraction of a vacationing young man for a young mountain girl. [8]
Manto explores political issues in Matami Jalsa (Assembly in Mourning) which is a satire on the reaction of people to the news of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The story describes an assembly of people gathered to honour Ataturk following his death. [9] Taraqqi Pasand (Progressive), based by a true incident involving Rajinder Singh Bedi and Devindra Satyarthi, is a friendly ribbing on the Progressive Writers' Movement to which Manto was associated. [10]
He touches on social realism in Kali Salwar (Black Trouser) through the character of Sultana, a prostitute whose business is falling. [11] First published in Adab-i-Latif in Lahore, it was banned by the British government under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code on grounds of obscenity. [7]
Aiktras ki Aankh (An Actress’s Eye), Qabz (Constipation) and Paresaani ka sabab (The Reason for Worry) are sketches on the people of the Bombay film industry. [12]
Author | Saadat Hasan Manto |
---|---|
Original title | Dhuan |
Country | British India |
Language | Urdu |
Publisher | Saqi Book Depot (Delhi) [1] |
Publication date | 1941 (first edition) |
Media type |
Part of a series on |
Progressive Writers' Movement |
---|
Dhuan ( Urdu: Smoke) is a collection of short stories in Urdu by Saadat Hasan Manto first published in 1941.
Dhuan was first published in 1941 from Delhi. [1] This was Manto’s third collection of original short stories after Atish Paray and Manto Ke Afsanay. [2] It was written in Delhi during the time Manto spent in All India Radio. [3] The collection also included reprints of Manto’s earlier stories published in Atish Paray such as Chori, Ji Aaya Sahab (Qasim) and Dewana Shair. [4] An identical collection under the title Kali Salwar (Black Trouser) was also published in Lahore in the same year. [5]
The stories in this collection include: [1]
Dhuan (Smoke), from which the collection takes its title, was first published in the Urdu magazine Saqi. The story deals with the awakening of sexual urges in a twelve-year old boy, Masud. [6] In Cuhe daan (Mousetrap), Manto depicts the early discovery of romantic love by teenages. [6]
Lalten (Laltern), Misri ki dali (A Piece of Rock Candy) and Namukamal Tahrir (Unfinished composition) are similar tales of attraction of a vacationing young man for a young mountain girl. [8]
Manto explores political issues in Matami Jalsa (Assembly in Mourning) which is a satire on the reaction of people to the news of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The story describes an assembly of people gathered to honour Ataturk following his death. [9] Taraqqi Pasand (Progressive), based by a true incident involving Rajinder Singh Bedi and Devindra Satyarthi, is a friendly ribbing on the Progressive Writers' Movement to which Manto was associated. [10]
He touches on social realism in Kali Salwar (Black Trouser) through the character of Sultana, a prostitute whose business is falling. [11] First published in Adab-i-Latif in Lahore, it was banned by the British government under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code on grounds of obscenity. [7]
Aiktras ki Aankh (An Actress’s Eye), Qabz (Constipation) and Paresaani ka sabab (The Reason for Worry) are sketches on the people of the Bombay film industry. [12]