Talat Ahmed teaches at the Department of History, Goldsmiths,University of London, UK and is also a member of the British Association for South Asian Studies and the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Her current research is focused on intellectual and cultural history of modern South Asia and radical literary and cultural projects in twentieth-century South Asia. She has published articles and reviews in a number of academic journals and other publications across the world.

• Introduction 1. Literature and Politics 2. The PWA‘s Conception of Literature, Arts and Society 3. The Politics of Independence 4. The PWA During the War 5. The Fate of Hindustani 6. Writer‘s and Nationalism in the Age of Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index

Talat Ahmed teaches at the Department of History, Goldsmiths,University of London, UK and is also a member of the British Association for South Asian Studies and the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Her current research is focused on intellectual and cultural history of modern South Asia and radical literary and cultural projects in twentieth-century South Asia. She has published articles and reviews in a number of academic journals and other publications across the world.

• Introduction 1. Literature and Politics 2. The PWA‘s Conception of Literature, Arts and Society 3. The Politics of Independence 4. The PWA During the War 5. The Fate of Hindustani 6. Writer‘s and Nationalism in the Age of Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index

Talat Ahmed teaches at the Department of History, Goldsmiths,University of London, UK and is also a member of the British Association for South Asian Studies and the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Her current research is focused on intellectual and cultural history of modern South Asia and radical literary and cultural projects in twentieth-century South Asia. She has published articles and reviews in a number of academic journals and other publications across the world.

• Introduction 1. Literature and Politics 2. The PWA‘s Conception of Literature, Arts and Society 3. The Politics of Independence 4. The PWA During the War 5. The Fate of Hindustani 6. Writer‘s and Nationalism in the Age of Independence Conclusion Bibliography Index