Bread Beauty Revolution: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 1914–1987
Contents: I. Introduction/Syeda Saiyidain Hameed. II. Abraham and Son Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 1. Abraham Had a Son. 2. The Taste of Marriage: Mujji. III. Conversations. 3. With V.P. Sathe. 4. With Krishan Chander. 5. With Indian Literary Review. IV. Write As I Feel Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 6. Credo of a Non-Writer. 7. Ababeel': a short story. 8. Perils of Progressive Literature. 9. A Letter from Mulk Raj Anand. V. My First love Affair Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 10. My Long Love Affair. 11. Two Men-and a Crowd! VI. Naya Sansar Selected Writings: K.A Abbas. 12. This is Simla. 13. Letter to a child born on August 15. 14. Who Killed India? 15. Nehru Lives. VII. Dharti ke Lal Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 16. The Naxalites. 17. People's Movement is Born: PWA,IPTA. 18. Children of Hunger. 19. Communism and I. VIII. Bambai Raat Ki Baahon Mein Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 20. Achchan ka Ashiq': a short story. 21. Meena Kumari. 22. The Scrambled Seven. IX. Reminiscences. 23. Amitabh Bachchan. 24. Shabana Azmi. 25. In Abbas's 'Ghar': Ahmer nadeem Anwer. 26. Pardesi: Laila B. Sharma. X. Jaagte Raho Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 27. A Tale of Four Cities. 28. The Black Sun': a short story. XI. Ek Aadmi Selected Writings: K.A. Abbas. 29. Letter to the Mahatma. 30. Film Critic Extraordinary. 31. Gunga Din': Another Scandalously Anti-Indian Picture!. XII. Rahi. 32. Takhleeq ka Safar': Zahida Zaidi. 33. Abbas: Chronicler of Man's Quest for Liberation: Anwer Azeem. XIII. Bread, Beauty and Revolution K.A. Abbas. XIV. Filmography. Short Stories and Plays. Bibliography. Acknowledgments.
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas distinguished himself by his ceaseless passion for revolutionary politics, which he expressed through his writings and films. He was a visionary who strongly believed that creative and artistic interventions are indispensable to nation-building.
Bread Beauty Revolution, spanning the years 1914 to 1987, encapsulates Abbas’s work, ideas and ideals. It also provides an insight into the beginnings of modern India. (jacket)
