During mindless human genocide, carnage and riots of 1947 partition, Saadat Hasan Manto wrote a 4 line short story, named 'Sorry', which became an Urdu classic! (Let see how many can understand this short tell)
(Source: here)
“Ripping the belly cleanly, the knife moved in a straight line down the midriff, in the process slashing the cord, which had held the man’s pajamas in place. The one with the knife took one look and exclaimed regretfully, ‘Tut, tut, tut! … Mishtake!” (Translation by Khalid Hasan)
5 comments:
Uff, this is called emotional hatyachar; URDU main Hejanangeez.
Saala! kamal ka writer tha...if you get chance read his story "khol do"..(I could not sleep properly that night after reading it)
Bro, after reading "Khol do", I cry a lot. there is no limit to human cruality. Jazbaat Aaag hai Aaag.
Koun kehta hai ke sirf Aag jalati hai, Jazbaat, khiyalt aur ihsas bhi Jaladeta hai.
Ya Allah! Hameen Jazbaat ki aag se mehfooz rakh (aameen).
Even after so many years, when I think of "Khol do", shiver runs through my spine....
Although I am late in making my comment but He made his point extremely effectively.
I had met him with some friends and (Later) seen him die in Mayo hospital with Alcoholic Cirrhosis. I did not think badly about him even at hat time for his alcohol and such habbits I read all these writings at that time and yes I have not seen anybody not affected by "kholdo" or Thanda gosht' "jahan din sotay hain awr ratain jagti hain"etc.
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