brilliant!!! thank u ammi for telling me about these readings.
In the first video, Asma Mundrawala, reads ‘Sahai’ a short story about a Muslim man who decides to move to Pakistan after a shocking revelation from his Hindu friend. According to some sources, this story was based on Manto’s own personal conversation with Shyam, a good friend of Manto’s from his Bombay days. It is often said about Manto that although he lived till 1955, his slow death began in 1947. The partition shook up Manto, and some of his best short stories are based around that time period. More Manto readings here.