
Peerun
2019-09-08 · 23 min · Not rated
Set in the vibrant world of mid-century Bombay 1940s is one of the few non-fiction stories from Manto's life in a Bombay chawl that revolves around Brij Mohan - Manto's roommate and Peerun - a Parsi girl. Brij comes up with a strange theory that he loses his job every time he meets Peerun and blames her for his unsuccessful career. Then why does he want to be with her despite facing extreme poverty? Why does Peerun want to be with him despite being in a relationship with someone else? Manto tries to find this out revealing his own direct and indirect relationships with the characters.
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- Rohit Vishwakarma
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