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Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi: ٹوبھا ٹیک سنگھ, Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a Pakistan city and capital of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province . It is surrounded by cities of Gojra , Kamalia , Rajana , Pir Mahal and Shorkot .
Toba Tek Singh is a short story based on the partition of India, written by Saadat Hasan Manto. It was first written in Urdu and published in 1955. It is interwoven with the theme of partition and its emotional and psychological effects on the human psyche.
The story is set two or three years after the 1947 partition, when the governments of India and Pakistan decided to exchange some Muslim, Sikh and Hindu lunatics, and revolves around Bishan Singh, a Sikh inmate of an asylum in Lahore, who is from the town of Toba Tek Singh.
Sep 1, 2003 · One day, Bashan Singh asked him whether Toba Tek Singh was in Pakistan or India. Guffawing, he replied: “Neither, because I haven’t yet decided where to put it!” Bashan Singh begged this “God” to resolve the status of Toba Tek Singh and thus end his perplexity.
Aug 15, 2020 · Listed in the BBC's 100 stories that shaped the world, Toba Tek Singh by Saadat Hasan Manto is praised as a classic that translates the trauma of the Partition through the post-Partition exchange of lunatics across the India and Pakistan border.
‘Toba Tek Singh’ by Gulzar talks about Bishan Singh who is from the town of Toba Tek Singh, now in Pakistan. Bishan Singh is the main character of Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story “Toba Tek Singh” published in 1955.
Aug 30, 2019 · Toba Tek Singh Analysis & Themes by Saadat Hasan Manto - English Summary. Table of Contents. Tragedy. Separation. Identity. Sanity. Tragedy. The story is set in the background of the biggest tragedy and episode of violence in the history of independent India.
