Adieu To Prof. Md. Hasan

AISA expresses its deep condolences over the demise of Prof. Mohammad Hasan on the night of 24th April at the age of 84. Prof. Hasan had not been keeping well for several months, and passed away in  hospital, where he was undergoing treatment. We stand by his bereaved family members in this hour of grief.
An eminent Urdu critic and playwright, Prof. Hasan was made Prof Emeritus in the Centre of Indian Languages after he retired from JNU. Despite his ill health, he was always accessible to the teachers and students at all moments of crisis. In July 2008, he was invited to deliver the first Prem Chand memorial lecture in CIL. And in October 2009, he was honored for his immense contribution to literature on the occasion of the second foundation day of CIL.
Prof. Hasan authored and edited nearly 75 books in Urdu and English. His significant contributions include books on Ghalib and Iqbal, as well as on the sociology of literature and the history of Hindi literature in Urdu. He also wrote several well-acclaimed plays and novels in Urdu.
He was an integral part of the left and progressive literary movement, and was the editor of the Urdu literary journal -’Asri Adab’.
In his death, the literary community has lost a powerful voice of secularism and peoples’ struggle.