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Babu Gopinath

Babu Gopinath

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Saadat Hasan Manto
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Meet Babu Gopinath: world’s number one gullible fool, a home-wrecker known for wrecking his own home, and a recent immigrant to Bombay. He’s brought along with him a Kashmiri ‘kabutri’—a weak-looking young woman—Zeenat Begum, who is as uninterested as she is unambitious. While this kind introduction was given by his friend Abdur Rahim Sando, Manto soon realized that not everything was actually as it seemed.

We handle things in our lives based on our past experiences and our assumptions about how things will work out, but it’s almost like the laws of reason and the world never seem to apply to Manto’s characters. As Manto gets to know Babu Gopinath and his world a little better, he takes us along this journey of discovery, to reach a destination neither of us are prepared for.

It is generally the women in Manto’s stories who are enchanting and intriguing, but Manto’s Babu Gopinath is equally, if not more, fascinating. Read on.

Imprint: Penguin

Published: Jan/2018

Length : 15 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

Babu Gopinath

(Penguin Petit)

Saadat Hasan Manto

Meet Babu Gopinath: world’s number one gullible fool, a home-wrecker known for wrecking his own home, and a recent immigrant to Bombay. He’s brought along with him a Kashmiri ‘kabutri’—a weak-looking young woman—Zeenat Begum, who is as uninterested as she is unambitious. While this kind introduction was given by his friend Abdur Rahim Sando, Manto soon realized that not everything was actually as it seemed.

We handle things in our lives based on our past experiences and our assumptions about how things will work out, but it’s almost like the laws of reason and the world never seem to apply to Manto’s characters. As Manto gets to know Babu Gopinath and his world a little better, he takes us along this journey of discovery, to reach a destination neither of us are prepared for.

It is generally the women in Manto’s stories who are enchanting and intriguing, but Manto’s Babu Gopinath is equally, if not more, fascinating. Read on.

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Saadat Hasan Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto has been called the greatest short story writer of the Indian subcontinent. He was born in 1912 in Punjab and went on to become a radio and film-script writer, journalist, and short story writer. His stories were highly controversial and he was tried for obscenity six times during his career. After Partition, Manto moved to Lahore with his wife and three daughters. He died there in 1955.

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