president of Sojourners, a Christian group that supports progressive causes.

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Along with a dozen other artists of the same generation, including Maqbool Fida Husain (see The Picasso of India), Mehta belongs to the Progressive Artists Group, founded in 1947, the year of India's independence, to create homegrown modern art.

FORBES: Indian Summer

He looked a bit like an aging member of a British progressive-rock group.

NEWYORKER: Mastering the Machine

The tax was opposed by the American Chemistry Council and its Progressive Bag Affiliates group, whose members include Dow Chemical and ExxonMobil.

FORBES: Wealthy D.C. Suburb Adopts Sweeping Bag Tax