The original Urdu story is called 'Thanda Gosht' and was first published in a literary magazine in March 1950 in Pakistan. Manto was charged with obscenity for this story and faced a trial in criminal court. The partition of India to carve out Pakistan (then West Pakistan) and Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) was perhaps one of the most callous and gruesome acts that took place in the subcontinent and by far one of the bloodiest history from the last century. The Radcliffe line as it is called was so random that in many places near the borders, districts were confused and so were the people as in on which side they belonged to. Saadat Hasan Manto has been one of the most prominent authors to have captured the pangs and strifes of partition the way it is, and the people of Bengal and Punjab went through the horror which none wants to relive ever. Khalid Hasan was a Pakistani journalist and writer who migrated from Jammu to Pakistan after partition. He is best known for his translations of the short stories of Manto and the lyrics of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. My Instagram id: instagram.com/the_bongo_pola My Facebook id: facebook.com/roysaptarshi
