non – fiction written by K. A. Abbas in a short paper, Hence, the scope of this paper is limited to two books only namely I Write as I Feel and Bread, Beauty and Revolution. These two books contain selected pieces of his journalistic writing from 1941 to 1982 which roughly covers the maximum stretch of his career. Though it must be noted that Abbas kept on writing till his last breath in June 1987 and his story “Mother and Child” was published posthumously by the Illustrated Weekly of India.

I Write As I Feel contains one hundred and nine pieces of Abbas Sahab’s prose writings which appeared as his columns between 1941 to 1947. This period was a turbulent time in the world history. Europe saw the mostfatal blow and the stains of the blood of innocent people were spread all over the so called civilized world. The world war second ended with the United States dropping atom bombs on Japan. The freedom struggle of India sharpened with the Quit India movement and the famous Naval revolt. Abbas’s vision caught the glimpses of these events like a roving camera and responded to them in his typical style – full of wit and wisdom. He was conscious of his role as a progressive journalist who would dream of building an egalitarian society not with in the country but in all countries across the globe. The world was changing rapidly and so was journalism. From international politics to the issues of poverty and hunger, from European economic