What is it about?
He discusses his early life, his contributions to the important leftist Progressive Movement, one of the major literary trends in the history of Urdu literature, and his need to reevaluate some of his leftist orthodox doctrinaire positions and pronouncements.
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Why is it important?
An important exchange with a very important person who helped shape, define, and uphold the leftist literary productions in the latter half of the 20th century.
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It was a great honor for me, a mere graduate student doing research for my Ph.D. dissertation, to have been able to meet and to speak with him at length.
Professor Emeritus of Hindi-Urdu Carlo Coppola
Oakland University
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This page is a summary of: Interview with Ali Sardar Jafri, Journal of Urdu Studies, January 2020, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/26659050-12340007.
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