Moment and Movement: People’s Creativity in the History of Progress

If you look back on the years marked by the vital presence of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) in Bengal – the 1940s and 50s in parti- cular, though the movement started earlier and lasted longer – you may find that the mental map of culture you have prepared needs considerable revision. I have purposefully included the 50s and 60s because though the movement had ebbed by then, the moment had survived, and creativity was in many ways at its peak.