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Class 12نثر / افسانہ (Prose / Realistic Narrative)

مردہ گھر

by سی. ایچ. رگھوناتھ (C.H. Raghunath) · translated by Urdu translation

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Written by C.H. Raghunath and translated into Urdu, this narrative exposes the extreme corruption, systemic delays and complete loss of human empathy inside public hospital mortuaries. A poor protagonist struggles tirelessly to claim the body of his relative without paying bribes, showing how poverty strips dignity even in death.

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Institutional Apathy

The mortuary represents the absolute dead-end of state empathy. Bureaucratic indifference treats dead bodies as financial commodities, establishing that the poor must face struggle and humiliation not only to survive but also to secure a peaceful burial. The story is a stark commentary on socio-economic marginalization.