Toba Tek Singh

(Penguin Petit)

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A few years after Partition, the thought occurred to the governments of Pakistan and Hindustan that, as with ordinary prisoners, an exchange of lunatics was in order.’

Bishan Singh, an inmate of Lahore asylum, is set to be transferred to India. But what he would really like is to stay where his home town – Toba Tek Singh – is, except that no one is telling him whether it falls in India or Pakistan. Which is also because no one knows for sure what lies where any more. As the day of the transfer draws near, Bishan Singh’s agony escalates. Is there no one who can tell him where Toba Tek Singh lies?

A satirical take on Partition and the relationship between India and Pakistan, Toba Tek Singh is classic Manto – quietly revealing and every bit entertaining.