LIKING PROGRESS, LOVING CHANGE-PD

This book explores a critical history of the Progressive Writers Movement PWM in India particularly in the context of Urdu literature. It traces gradual emergence of political and social consciousness from the midnineteenth century as reflected in Urdu literature of this period and brings to light the writers associated with itfrom Faiz Ahmad Faiz to Ali Sardar Jafri. Affording rare insights into the role played by the Progressive Writers Association PWAand from 1943 onwards its partner organization the Indian Peoples Theatre Association IPTAthe work critically analyses these twin forces influence on literature and by extension on all forms of art and popular cultureradio and films.