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The pity of partition, Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide, Ayesha Jalal

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The pity of partition, Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide, Ayesha Jalal
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The pity of partition
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Ayesha Jalal
Series statement
Lawrence Stone lectures
Sub title
Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide
Table Of Contents
Prelude: Manto and Partition -- I. Stories -- "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion" -- Amritsar Dreams of Revolution -- Bombay : Challenges and Opportunities -- II. Memories -- Remembering Partition -- From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves -- Living and Walking Bombay -- III. Histories -- Partition : Neither End nor Beginning -- On the Postcolonial Moment -- Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War -- Epilogue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On..
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