CONTENTS:- I. Introduction: 1.Wit and Wisdom in Urdu Literature; 2. The Punchis; 3.Caricaturing the Raj; 4. In Defence of Traditioon; 5. Political Satire in the 2oth Century; 6. The Eclipse. Appendix 1 - Portaits of Wilayat Ali Bambooque: The Raj and Its Allies. Appendix 2 - Remembrance
