Aik Bot: (An Idol, a Horror Novel)

The role of popular fiction in the popularity of Urdu has been prominent and of prime importance. Popular Literature is responsible for the diffusion of Urdu literature into the abode of the common realm. The absence of popular literature would have deemed Urdu Literacy to a confinement within Palaces, libraries and the Royal Courts, forsaking the common people of beautiful yet staggering pieces of Urdu literacy.

Besides Ibn-e-Safi, there were many stalwarts of popular fiction, such as Guls...