Mumbai was the centre of Urdu progressive writers at one time, not just in literature but also in journalism and cinema. Now the situation is different. Discussing this are author and scholar Rakhshanda Jalil, Actor Director Nandita Das, Actor and story teller Danish Hussain, journalist and activist Javed Anand and Mahtab Alam, editor of The Wire Urdu.

This is a recording of a discussion that was held in Mumbai at the G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture. Click here to support The Wire: https://thewire.in/support