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Chughd (lit. 'Blind Fool') is a collection of short stories in Urdu by Sadat Hasan Manto first published in 1948.

Background
Chughd was first published in 1948, shortly after Manto had migrated to Pakistan from Bombay.

Content
The stories in this collection include:


 * Ek Khat (A Letter)
 * Dharas (Consolation)
 * Chughd (Blind Fool)
 * Parhaye Kalima (Say the Muslim Creed)
 * Bapu Gopi Nath (Bapu Gopi Nath)
 * Mera Naam Radha Hai (My Name Is Radha)
 * Janki (Janki)
 * Panch Din (Five Days)

Themes
Manto explores the theme of deception in film world in both Mera Naam Radha Hai (My Name Is Radha) and Janki (Janki). While in Mera Naam Radha Hai, he depicts the relationship between a newcomer actress, Neelam and an established movie star, Raj Rishor, in Janaki he explores the infatuation of an aspiring film actress with a film writer.

Romance is a major theme in stories such as Ek Khat, Chughd amd Panch Din. Ek Khat is an epistolary story about a man speculating his love for a mountain girl. Parhaye Kalima (Say the Muslim Creed) is a murder mystery.

Bapu Gopi Nath is the most popular story from the collection. It is a tale about a rich playboy Bapu Gopi Nath