Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Memorial Trust

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Memorial Trust is an arts and culture organization inspired by the life and works of K A Abbas, established in 2013.

Over the years, the Trust has been instrumental in creating spaces for various programs and publications - enabling research into the works of Abbas and taking forth his legacy to inform and inspire the younger generations by reiterating its contemporary relevance. This is achieved by organizing seminars on themes that reflect his ideals, screening films produced, directed and written by him, curating exhibitions of his writings and film memorabilia, as well as adapting his works into plays and musicals. These events have been organized across India in cities such as Delhi, Aligarh, Panipat, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Indore, Bhopal, Kolkata and Dehradun.

The Trust has also taken up the task of putting together a complete list of Abbas’s works and creating a space for the Abbas Archive by reprinting some of his memorable books and translating them into different languages hoping that the efforts at documentation will lead to the preservation and propagation of his legacy.