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Mansarovar [Part 5] (Hindi Edition): मानसरोवर [भाग 5]
प्रेमचंद
प्रेमचंद भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप के सबसे मशहूर लेखकों में से एक हैं, और बीसवीं सदी के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हिन्दुस्तानी लेखकों में से एक के रूप में जाना जाता है। उनकी रचनाओं में एक दर्जन उपन्यास, लगभग 250 लघु कथाएँ, कई निबंध और अनेकों विदेशी साहित्यिक कृतियों का हिंदी में अनुवाद शामिल है। प्रेमचंद को पहला हिंदी लेखक माना जाता है जिनका लेखन प्रमुखता यथार्थवाद पर आधारित था। उनके उपन्यास गरीबों और शहरी मध्यम वर्ग की समस्याओं का वर्णन करते हैं। उन्होंने राष्ट्रीय और सामाजिक मुद्दों के बारे में जनता में जागरूकता लाने के लिए साहित्य का उपयोग किया और भ्रष्टाचार, बाल विधवापन, वेश्यावृत्ति, सामंती व्यवस्था, गरीबी, उपनिवेशवाद के लिए और भारत के स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन से संबंधित विषयों के
प्रेमचंद भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप के सबसे मशहूर लेखकों में से एक हैं, और बीसवीं सदी के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण हिन्दुस्तानी लेखकों में से एक के रूप में जाना जाता है। उनकी रचनाओं में एक दर्जन उपन्यास, लगभग 250 लघु कथाएँ, कई निबंध और अनेकों विदेशी साहित्यिक कृतियों का हिंदी में अनुवाद शामिल है। प्रेमचंद को पहला हिंदी लेखक माना जाता है जिनका लेखन प्रमुखता यथार्थवाद पर आधारित था। उनके उपन्यास गरीबों और शहरी मध्यम वर्ग की समस्याओं का वर्णन करते हैं। उन्होंने राष्ट्रीय और सामाजिक मुद्दों के बारे में जनता में जागरूकता लाने के लिए साहित्य का उपयोग किया और भ्रष्टाचार, बाल विधवापन, वेश्यावृत्ति, सामंती व्यवस्था, गरीबी, उपनिवेशवाद के लिए और भारत के स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन से संबंधित विषयों के
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First published September 22, 2014
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Munshi Premchand
1,188 books1,133 followersMunshi Premchand (Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent,and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.
Born Dhanpat Rai, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.
Premchand is considered the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism. His novels describe the problems of the poor and the urban middle-class. His works depict a rationalistic outlook, which views religious values as something that allows the powerful hypocrites to exploit the weak. He used literature for the purpose of arousing public awareness about national and social issues and often wrote about topics related to corruption, child widowhood, prostitution, feudal system, poverty, colonialism and on the India's freedom movement.
Several of his early works, such as A Little Trick and A Moral Victory, satirised the Indians who cooperated with the British colonial government.
In the 1920s, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement and the accompanying struggle for social reform. During this period, his works dealt with the social issues such as poverty, zamindari exploitation (Premashram, 1922), dowry system (Nirmala, 1925), educational reform and political oppression (Karmabhumi, 1931).
In his last days, he focused on village life as a stage for complex drama, as seen in his most famous work Godan as well as the short-story collection Kafan (1936).Premchand believed that social realism was the way for Hindi literature, as opposed to the "feminine quality", tenderness and emotion of the contemporary Bengali literature.
Born Dhanpat Rai, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.
Premchand is considered the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism. His novels describe the problems of the poor and the urban middle-class. His works depict a rationalistic outlook, which views religious values as something that allows the powerful hypocrites to exploit the weak. He used literature for the purpose of arousing public awareness about national and social issues and often wrote about topics related to corruption, child widowhood, prostitution, feudal system, poverty, colonialism and on the India's freedom movement.
Several of his early works, such as A Little Trick and A Moral Victory, satirised the Indians who cooperated with the British colonial government.
In the 1920s, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement and the accompanying struggle for social reform. During this period, his works dealt with the social issues such as poverty, zamindari exploitation (Premashram, 1922), dowry system (Nirmala, 1925), educational reform and political oppression (Karmabhumi, 1931).
In his last days, he focused on village life as a stage for complex drama, as seen in his most famous work Godan as well as the short-story collection Kafan (1936).Premchand believed that social realism was the way for Hindi literature, as opposed to the "feminine quality", tenderness and emotion of the contemporary Bengali literature.
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September 2, 2017
Great thing about this collection is that reading one story you are really moved an have an urge to find and slap a religious fundamentalist and castist right away, but next story happens to carry a light mood and you just admire Premchand's way of storytelling.
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