All India Progressive Writers Association

Essays

The Destruction of the Indian Aesthetic Tradition has Culminated in Artistic Famine in Indian Cinema

The Destruction of the Indian Aesthetic Tradition has Culminated in Artistic Famine in Indian Cinema

The Indian aesthetic tradition based on universal principles, was systematically destroyed and has left its pernicious imprint on Indian cinema as well.

Origins of the Islamisation of Hindi Cinema

Origins of the Islamisation of Hindi Cinema

An essay on how the foundation for the Islamisation of Hindi cinema was laid as early as the 1930s beginning with the film, "Alam Ara."

A Postmortem and an Epitaph of Indian  Progressive Literature

A Postmortem and an Epitaph of Indian Progressive Literature

An overall assessment of the trajectory, downfall and death of Progressive literature in India and the damage it has inflicted on the literary and cultural sensibilities of our people.

How the All India Progressive Writers' Association was Used as a Communist Vehicle to Bulldoze Indian Literature

How the All India Progressive Writers' Association was Used as a Communist Vehicle to Bulldoze Indian Literature

Origins of The All India Progressive Writers' Association, an organ of the Communist Party of India that invaded the Indian literary space in the 1930s and inflicted enormous damage