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Akhlaq Ahmad Dehlvi was a senior broadcaster associated first with All India Radio, Delhi Station, and then after independence in 1947 continued with the Lahore Station of Radio Pakistan [now Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)]. He was not only a competent announcer but also a very good scriptwriter of radio features and dramas. This is a selection of his essays mostly about his contemporary writers and poets. Most of the essays focus the famous poet, critic and essayist Meeraji (1912-1949, original name: Muhammad Sanaullah Dar). Other writers include 'Ismat Chughtai, Shahid Lateef, Asrar-ul Haq Majaz, Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Faruqi. Inter alia, the essays mention Nihal Saveharwi, Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi, Mohammad Mirza Dehlvi, Zafar Qureshi, Wasi Ashraf (owner of Kutub-khana 'Ilm-o Adab), Maulana Salahuddin, Maulana Tajwar Najibabadi, M.A. Lateef, Shan-ul Haq Haqqi, Ilyas 'Ishqi, Izhar Husain Kazmi etc.
Akhlaq Ahmad's essays written as narrative and argumentative, comprise many an anecdote, memories and reflections which are not only very interesting but also provide some essential information for literary researchers. His prose style is that of a typical Dilli-wala and his writings has elements of satire, humour, analysis and criticism.
Important views on the author and his prose style have been expressed by Waqar 'Azeem and (Maulana) Salahuddin Ahmad [Editor, Adabi Dunya]. Their extracts have been printed on the 2 flaps of the dust cover.