A daughter’s father: Shabana Azmi pens a tribute to Jan Nisar Akhtar, her father-in-law, on his 50th death anniversary

We belonged to the family of the Progressive Writers Association (PWA), and as a result, I met Jan Nisar Akhtar Saheb on several occasions as a child — at his house, our house, at the homes of common friends, at mushairas and many mehfils. The PWA was peopled by like-minded individuals who were bound together […]