Cold Meat

Name: Cold Meat
Author: Saadat Hasan Manto

About the author

Urdu short story writer considered the greatest prose stylist in the language, known for ferocious honesty about Partition violence, poverty, and sexuality. Toba Tek Singh is among the most harrowing stories about the India-Pakistan partition.

More by Saadat Hasan Manto

Toba Tek SinghA man's search for his missing father reveals the absurdity and trauma of partition across borders
Black Margins
Mottled Dawn
Siyah HashiyeA collection of Manto's short stories exploring dark themes of partition and human depravity
Khol Do
Kingdom's End