Status Updates From Lifting The Veil

“Often a man’s faith comes in the way of his friendship, but it is mostly love and friendship that triumph.”

kafir, of the poets

“Manto went to Pakistan, while Chughtai stayed in India. Here is Chughtai describing their first meeting: ‘In a few moments we began to argue vociferously. It was as though we had suffered a great loss from not having met each other for a long time and were now impatient to make good the loss.’”