Edited by Iffat Fatima & Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
This book chronicles the legendary writer-filmmaker’s life through excerpts from his own writings. It includes his first and best-known short story ‘Ababeel,’ essays on his unabashed admiration for his lifelong friend Jawaharlal Nehru, his love-hate relationship with the Left movement, as well as an account of his fight against censorship imposed on his film Char Shaher Ek Kahani, which led to a landmark legal judgment in his favour.
Tulika Books and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Memorial Trust, 212 pages, Rs 1500