This is an English translation of a short story from Partition Literature, from the lands of Hindustan. The major themes to look out for: displacement, madness as a trope, partition as an event and ordinary lives.

TOBA TEK SINGH, a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto.

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TOBA TEK SINGH, a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto.

TOBA TEK SINGH, a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto.

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