I have been told that in my early childhood I spent more time lying on a charpai behind the stage than in a regular bed, and that anybody who passed by covered me with whatever was at hand – shawls,…
One of the most significant aspects of IPTA has been the participation of women in it. The journeys of most of the women to IPTA have been through their political path. After joining IPTA, the women political workers also became…
Review article on Sudhi Pradhan’s Documents of the Marxist Cultural Movement in India, published in The Marxist, Vol. 4, No. 2, April–June 1986. It was in April 1936 that the Progressive Writers’ Association was formed in Lucknow. The Golden Jubilee…
Presidential Address of Munshi Premchand, delivered at the First All India Progressive Writers’ Conference, held at Lucknow on 10 April 1936. (Translated from Hindustani.) This conference is a memorable occasion in the history of our literature. Hitherto we had been…