About this ebook
The Progressive Vision of K.A. ABBAS
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas is known as a journalist, film director, scriptwriter and novelist. A contemporary of Dr. Mulkraj Anand, he was also an ardent champion of the masses who chose such themes for his artistic creation that would further the formation of an egalitarian society. This book undertakes an in-depth study of his novels, films and journalistic writings to explore his progressive vision as reflected in these creations. The year 2013 is the centenary year of Indian Cinema while 2014 is the birth centenary year of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. This book, therefore, attempts to foreground the contribution of K. A. Abbas who is an author of more than seventy books in English, a writer of the longest-running column of Indian journalism and a maker of such path-breaking films which may not have been box - office hits but were milestones of Indian cinema. The present book places Abbas in the perspective Vis-a-vis the realism canon and then attempts to disentangle the different strands that go to make up the whole, The inquiry is both factual and interpretive and it is hoped that it would do justice in directing our attention towards a great writer whom time has shrouded over.
About the author
Dr. H.S. Chandalia
Dr. H.S. Chandalia has contributed immensely to the world of creative and critical writing in English through more than ten books, two dozen research articles published in national and international journals and scores of poems, popular articles in Hindi and English media. His books include Language and Literature Teaching: ELT Across the Borders, Ethos of Khawaja Ahmad Abbas, Obeisance Through Mind Obeisance Through Body, Sentence Correction, Safar Se Purva (Poems), Sirf Swapna Nahin Hei Sonchiraiya (Poems), Mein Tumhe Bhula Kahan hun Mahasaagar (Poems), Shatayu Lohia and many others. Dr. Chandalia was a regular broadcaster with ALL INDIA RADIO for twenty years. He is a recipient of the Poetry Society (India) Award 1992, Maharana Raj Singh Award 1985, Chandra Dev Sharma Award 1985, Katharang Award 2005 and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Bhatnagar Award 2011. Dr. Chandalia served JRN University, Udaipur for twenty-five years and is working as Professor and Head, Department of English, Central University of Haryana. He is presently officiating as Vice-Chancellors of the University.
