Manto chronicled the chaos that prevailed , during and after the Partition of India in 1947 . Manto strongly opposed the partition of India , which he saw as an " overwhelming tragedy " and " maddeningly senseless " . He started his literary career translating the works of Victor Hugo , Oscar Wilde and Russian writers such as Chekhov and Gorky . His first story was " Tamasha " , based on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar . Though his earlier works , influenced by the progressive writers of his times , showed a marked leftist and socialist leanings , his later work progressively became stark in portraying the darkness of the human psyche , as humanist values progressively declined around the Partition . His final works , which grew from the social climate and his own financial struggles , reflected an innate sense of human impotency towards darkness and contained a satirism that verged on dark comedy , as seen in his final work , Toba Tek Singh . It not only showed the influence of his own demons , but also that of the collective madness that he saw in the ensuing decade of his life . To add to it , his numerous court cases and societal rebukes deepened his cynical view of society , from which he felt isolated . No part of human existence remained untouched or taboo for him , he sincerely brought out stories of prostitutes and pimps alike , just as he highlighted the subversive sexual slavery of the women of his times . To many contemporary women writers , his language portrayed reality and provided them with the dignity they long deserved . He is still known for his scathing insight into human behaviour as well as revelation of the macabre animalistic nature of the enraged people , that stands out amidst the brevity of his prose
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Saadat Hasan Manto