at least one commentator compares saadat hasan manto to d. h. lawrence, partly because he wrote about taboos of indo-pakistani society. his concerns on the socio-political issues, from local to global are revealed in his series, letters to uncle sam, and those to pandit nehru. on his writing he often commented, "if you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. with my stories, i only expose the truth".