This novel was first published in 1950, 70 years ago this month under the arrangement of Maktaba-e-Jadeed in Lahore. The distinguished Urdu satirist Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor deemed it the first social and political satire in Urdu and had expressed the wish to be the novel’s writer. So I now give this book to my friend who liked it in that this is her book. I do not want to see this book being studied as a political satire on fascist governments. Against all the good counsels, I have fearlessly used English words and English meanings in this fantasy.

Source: The Express Tribune September 30, 2020 11:35 UTC