Nandita Das Instagram – Remembering Ismat aapa on her 107th birthday. Here’s our Ismat @rajshri_deshpande and Manto behind the scenes! @viacom18motionpictures #FilmStoc @rasikadugal #PareshRawal #JavedAkhtar #RishiKapoor@gurdasmaanjeeyo @tahirrajbhasin @nawazuddin._siddiqui #JatishVarma #SameerDixit @MagicIfFilms #MeetManto #Manto #IsmatChugtai #Repost @rajshri_deshpande (@get_repost) ・・・ “Look carefully to see if there is any Manto among you. Is there anyone among you who talks nonsense, who is extremely sensitive, who makes lots of silly mistakes and blunders, and who says things that no one understands? Is there anyone among you who thinks that no one understands him, who goes on showing his obstinacy, who sticks like a thistle on the hem of every passerby until he becomes unbearable? Is there anyone among you who thinks he’s a great writer, but nobody is willing to admit it, a pauper or beggar who asks for money, properly and improperly, someone people try to avoid because he is alone? Beware of such a fraud, for if he dies tomorrow, you might have to bow your heads before him. You might be compelled to write articles; you might be compelled to hold gatherings in his honour. But these things cannot compensate for Death, and the arrow which has pierced Ali Asghar’s throat may continue to irritate the throat of your conscience.”