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Khushia

Khushia

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Saadat Hasan Manto
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For the first time ever, it had dawned on him that women who sold their bodies could have such shapely figures.’

Kanta and Khushia were part of the same profession. He was her pimp, and, in a way, one of her own. All of twenty-eight, Khushia was quite a businessman. While he knew all the girls in his circuit through and through, what he didn’t know was that one day Kanta Kumari would stand naked before him and throw him into the greatest turmoil of his life.

Manto’s characters are known to vehemently resist categorization, and this is especially true in the case of Khushia and Kanta who don’t behave as they are expected to. Read on to revisit one of Manto’s most fascinating takes on human behaviour.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jan/2018

Length : 15 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Khushia

(Penguin Petit)

Saadat Hasan Manto

For the first time ever, it had dawned on him that women who sold their bodies could have such shapely figures.’

Kanta and Khushia were part of the same profession. He was her pimp, and, in a way, one of her own. All of twenty-eight, Khushia was quite a businessman. While he knew all the girls in his circuit through and through, what he didn’t know was that one day Kanta Kumari would stand naked before him and throw him into the greatest turmoil of his life.

Manto’s characters are known to vehemently resist categorization, and this is especially true in the case of Khushia and Kanta who don’t behave as they are expected to. Read on to revisit one of Manto’s most fascinating takes on human behaviour.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

Saadat Hasan Manto

SAADAT HASAN MANTO is the most widely read and controversial short story writer in Urdu. A pre-eminent practitioner of the genre, he produced twenty-two collections
of short stories.

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