Thanda Gosht

"Thanda Gosht"
Author Saadat Hasan Manto
Language Urdu
Genre(s) non-fiction

Thanda Gosht (Urdu: ٹھنڈا گوشت‬‎ ALA-LC: Ṭhanḍā Gos̱ẖt IPA: [ʈʰənɖɑː ɡoːʃt̪], English: Cold Meat) is a non-fiction short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto.[1] The book was first published in a literary magazine in March 1950 in Pakistan. Later it was published by Sang-e-Meel Publications. Manto was charged with obscenity for this story and faced a trial in criminal court.

Storyline

The story is about the communal violence of 1947.[2] Ishwar Singh, a Sikh fails to make love to his mistress Kalwant. She suspects him of infidelity and in a fit of jealousy stabs him with his own dagger. While dying, Ishwar Singh admits his crime getting involved in riots which broke in his village killing a Muslim family with same dagger and abducting a Muslim girl after breaking in their house and attempting rape with her, who was actually dead. Hence the title “cold flesh”.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "HE WROTE WHAT HE SAW – AND TOOK NO SIDES". herald.dawn.com. May 10, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Manto's two set of stories about the Partition". urduacademy2012.ghazali.net. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Seer of Pakistan".
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