Mottled Dawn is a collection of Manto's finest and most powerful writings on the tragic Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947. It includes iconic stories like 'Toba Tek Singh', 'Colder than Ice' and 'The Dog of Titwal'. Also to be found are his complex and engaging portrait 'Jinnah Sahib' and his short and startling reflections on violence. Together the fifty sketches and stories in this collection bring to life the most traumatic episode in the history of South Asia.