This story by Saadat Hasan Manto is said to be the most powerful satire on the Idea of Partition of India and Pakistan. BBC has included it in its 100 stories that shaped our world. along with legends like Shakespeare, Kafka and Virginia Woolf. “A classic short story that translates the trauma of partition throughContinue reading “Toba Tek Singh”
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The dream
In Zhuang Zi there lived an ancient philosopher. His name was Zhuang Tzu. Zhuang Tzu once dreamed that he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. Of course, as a butterfly, he did not know that he was Zhuang Tzu. All of a sudden, he awoke and foundContinue reading “The dream”