Dozakhnama

• The story begins when a mysterious manuscript supposedly written by Manto comes to light in Lucknow. It presents Manto and Ghalib conversing from their graves, despite having lived a century apart. Their imagined dialogue becomes a journey through the literary and cultural history of the subcontinent.

• Rabishankar Bal was a Bengali novelist and short-story writer who wrote more than fifteen novels. He received awards including the Sutapa Roychowdhury Memorial Prize and Bankimchandra Smriti Puraskar.

Dozakhnama brings Manto and Ghalib together in an imagined conversation across time. Their reflections touch upon literature, society, history, dreams and the cultural changes that shaped the subcontinent over two centuries. The novel blends historical atmosphere with fictional storytelling and pays tribute to two influential literary figures.