How Long to Read Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography

How Long Does it Take to Read Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 53 minutes to read Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography by Suresh Kohli

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Description

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914-1987) wrote both fiction and non-fiction in three languages simultaneously: English, Urdu and Hindi, and liked to describe himself as a communicator. Starting his journalistic career as sub-editor-cum-reporter in Bombay Chronicle in 1935 where he began contributing his 'Last Page' before moving it to the weekly Blitz in 1947 and continuing it till his last days. He has also been hailed as one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realist cinema. In I Am Not An Island he chronicled his adventurous life, reflecting on personalities and situations, events, travels, encounters, confrontations, moments of bliss and disappointments, ailments and accidents, and his association with cinema first as a critic and publicist, and then as a script-and-dialogue writer, producer and director. He was involved in the making of 60 Hindi films, including Dharti ke Lal, Awara, Anhonee, Dr Kotnis ki Amar Kahani, Shri 420, Jagtey Raho, Shehar aur Sapna, Aasman Mahal, Saat Hindustani, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby and Henna. Abbas also directed a number of documentaries, the most controversial being Char Shehar Ek Kahani for which he waged a legal battle on censorship, and eventually won it through a Supreme Court verdict. A prolific political commentator, short story writer, novelist Abbas is credited with 73 books in English, Urdu and Hindi (one each for every lived year), including the semi-autobiographical Inquilab and The World is My Village (and was engaged in writing the third in the series at the time of his death), many of which were translated in various other Indian and foreign languages - including Russian, German, Arabic, Italian, French. Recipient of several state and national honours, the President of India conferred on him the Padma Shri award in 1969. A gripping, honest story of an extraordinary man who never compromised on his principles.

How long is Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography?

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography by Suresh Kohli is 405 pages long, and a total of 103,275 words.

This makes it 137% the length of the average book. It also has 126% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 24 minutes to read Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography aloud.

What Reading Level is Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography?

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - I Am Not An Island: An Experiment in Autobiography is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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