Roshnai (the title of the Urdu work of which The Light is a Translation) is considered to be the most authentic record of the Progressive Movement, which transformed Urdu literature, and also had an impact on the literatures of many other languages of the subcontinent. It contains fascinating vignettes of famour personalities of the time, mainly writers, such as Rabindranath Tagore, Munshi Premchand, Hasrat Mohani and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It gives an unforgettable ...
