Saadat Hasan Manto is a man of struggle who has written his agony as writings. He is an Indian-Pakistani writer from the post-colonial period who influenced his writings on partition. Here’s a collection of best 15 quotes by Saadat Hasan Manto that you can share on social media platforms.
Hasan was known to be in lot of legal trouble at the time due to his writings, which were bold during those times and were considered obscene. Though he was never convicted, he was quite criticized due to his portrayal of women in his books.
Here’s a list of 15 quotes by Saadat Hasan Manto
I want rebellion. I want to rebel against every fraud who makes us work hard but doesn’t pay for it.
As many curses as there are in the world, hunger is their mother. – Saadat Hasan Manto Quotes
Earlier religion used to be in the scenes, nowadays it is in hats. Politics has also gone in caps now. Live hats (zinda topiya).
When leaders shed tears and tell people that the peaceful religion is in danger, there is no truth in it. If there is any danger, then it is the leaders.
You see beautiful and nice cars in the city… These beautiful and nice cars can’t be used to pick up garbage. There are more vehicles out there to pick up the mess and rubbish that you rarely see and if you see them, you put a handkerchief over your nose… These vehicles need to exist and those women who are yours. Mistakes take place. If it were not for these women, then all our streets would be full of misdeeds by the men.
Heart is not something that can be shared.
According to the principles of the society, a man remains a man, if every work of his Kitab-e-Zindagi should be inked with sins. But a woman who goes out of her way for a moment only because of the unbridled spirit of youth, or because of some greed or the coercion of a man, is no longer a woman. He is seen with the eyes of hate-o-hatred. Society closes on him all the doors which are open to a dark profession man.
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Had the whole world refrained from lying and stealing at the same time trying not to lie and stealing, perhaps only one prophet would have been enough. – Saadat Hasan Manto Quotes
If you can’t bear these misfortunes, then this world is unbearable
There is no mistake in my Tahrir, the mistake which is told in my name is actually the fault of the existing system.
It is possible for Saadat Hasan to die and Manto to live. – Quotes
I am a pickpocket who cuts his own pocket, and a story jumps out of my pocket.
I don’t write stories, stories write me. Sometimes one wonders who is it who has written such good stories.
Every big man thinks in the bathroom. But I have come to know from experience that I am not a big man, because I cannot think in the bathroom.
When religion leaves the heart and climbs on the mind, it becomes poison. – Saadat Hasan Manto Quotes
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