Language: English
Pages: 160

About the Book

"Where to... ? I asked her.
"Wherever you want...
'I have to go to home.'
"Then Let's go home.'
"but who are you?'
'You pretend to be
so innocent.'


Originally Published in 1995 as shikari Auratien, Women of Prey is a hugely entertaining
and fogotten classic containing raunchy, hilarious short stories and profiles that shows a
completely different side of Manto.

As he's enjoying a kulfi in his Victoria coach after a long day at filmistan, a beautiful buraq-clad
woman suddenly hops in nest to manto, ready to go home. What will he do next?

When Ashok stumbles across a porn film for the first time in his life, he is appalled. What will
happen when his wife gets hold of the contriband?


Will two bitter lovers-- about to give it all up-- resolve their differences, before they take each other's life?

Can Ashok Kumar, heartthrob to million of women, handle Paro Devi's affections?

In addiction to these stories, this volume also incluedes'Sitara',Manto's scandalous profile of the
legendary Kathak dancer, famous for her troop of lovers. Appearing in English translation for the first
time ever, this gem of a collection is a gloriosly pulpy,sexual, hilarious and tragic romp through
Manto's Bombay, Lahore and Amritsar.









About the Author

Saadat Hasan Manto, a proud Kashmiri, was the most
widely read and the most controversial short-story writer
in Urdu. He was born on 11 May 1912 at Samrala in
Punjabs Ludhiana district to a family of barristers. In
a literary, journalistic, radio-scripting and film-writing
career spread ov