Editing Chhayavad (section)

===Decline and Transition===
By the 1940s and 1950s, the Chāyāvād movement began to decline, coinciding with the rise of the ''Pragativad'' (Progressive Writers' Movement) and later, ''Prayogvad'' (Experimentalism). These emerging movements emphasized social realism, political engagement, and literary experimentation—contrasting sharply with the introspective and often abstract tone of Chāyāvād. Critics increasingly viewed Chāyāvād as overly idealistic and disconnected from pressing social and political realities. The romantic idealism that once defined the movement was seen as inadequate in addressing the challenges of a newly independent and rapidly transforming Indian society.<ref>Dave, Radhekant (1979), p.63</ref>