Saadat Hasan Manto chronicled Bombay life in all its ugly beauty – until sectarian horrors were unleashed on the streets he loved. A novel biopic by director Nandita Das retells his storiesIt took just a moment to cleave India in two. At midnight between 14 and 15 August 1947,the country of Pakistan was born and India was liberated from British rule. In the months leading to the cessation of the British Raj, one of the world’s largest migrations occurred. Fourteen million people were displaced, or leading to acts of mass violence,turning Hindu, Muslim and Sikh against one another.
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Source: theguardian.com