| "Toba Tek Singh" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Saadat Hasan Manto | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
| Genre(s) | Satire |
| Publication | |
| Publication date | 1955 |
"Toba Tek Singh" (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition. According to a personal essay hosted at Columbia University by a scholar-in-training of Urdu literature, the story is a "powerful satire, and also a bitter indictment of the political processes and behavior patterns that produced [India's] Partition".[1]