num_pages: 350
description: Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973) was one of the main architects of the Progressive Movement in Literature in pre-Partition India. Light , his account of this movement, which transformed Urdu literature, contains many fascinating portraits of the leading writers of the time--Tagore, Premchand, andFaiz.
language: English
title: The Light: The History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Sub Continent
titlecomplete: The Light: The History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Sub Continent
genres: Pakistan
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Oxford University Press