num_pages: 60
description: First published in 1947 as Siyah Hashiye, the 32 cameos that comprise this slim volume present horrifying vignettes from the holocaust of the Partition. Rape, murder, loot, pillage, greed and wanton destruction, every conceivable horror is grist to Manto's mill. These sharply chiseled word pictures, each compact and ruthlessly unadorned, are rendered into English in a stark, studiedly matter of fact and unsentimental translation. While taking us back to the bloodiest time in the history of the Indian sub continent, they also point a warning finger at those who refuse to learn from past excesses.
language: English
title: Black Borders
titlecomplete: Black Borders
genres: Fiction, Pakistan, Short Stories, India
ratings_count: 259
publisher: Rupa