TY - BOOK AU - Jalal, Ayesha. TI - The pity of partition: Manto's life, times, and work across the India-Pakistan divide T2 - Lawrence Stone lectures SN - 9780691153629 (hardcover : acidfree paper) U1 - 891.43936 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - India-Pakistan conflict, 1947-1949 KW - South Asia KW - History KW - 20th century KW - In literature KW - India KW - Partition, 1947- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index; Prelude: Manto and Partition -- I. Stories -- "Knives, Daggers, and Bullets Cannot Destroy Religion" -- Amritsar Dreams of Revolution -- Bo mbay : Challenges and Opportunities -- II. Memories -- Remembering Part ition -- From Cinema City to Conquering Air Waves -- Living and Walking Bombay -- III. Histories -- Partition : Neither End nor Beginning -- O n the Postcolonial Moment -- Pakistan and Uncle Sam's Cold War -- Epilo gue: "A Nail's Debt" : Manto Lives On ER -