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Thakur Ka Kuan
ठाकुर का कुआं: ग्रामीण परिवेश को लेकर उफंची तथा नीची जाति संस्कृति को उकेरती यह कहानी आम आदमी की दिल की गहराई तक उतर जाती है। कहानी की नायिका गंगी गांव के ठाकुरों के डर से अपने बीमार पति को स्वच्छ पानी तक नहीं पिला पाती है। इस विवशता को पाठक अपने अंतर तक महसूस करता है, यही लेखक की महानता का परिचायक है। कितने दुर्भाग्य की बात है कि यह कुप्रथा आज भी स्वतंत्रा भारत के हजारों गांवों में बदस्तूर जारी है। इसके अलावा हम इस पुस्तक में मुंशी प्रेमचंद की अन्य कहानियों को भी शामिल कर रहे हैं जो न केवल सरल भाषा में लिखी गयी हैं बल्कि पढ़ने वालों को नई प्रेरणा और सीख भी देती हैं। दुनिया में प्रथम पंक्ति के सुविख्यात लेखक प्रेमचंद की कहानियों का यह भाग उनकी मूल रचना है। इसमें किसी तरह की कांट-छांट नहì
- GenresShort Stories
623 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2018
About the author
Munshi Premchand
642 books963 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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December 30, 2018
One of the best short stories that reveal the ugly side of the caste system. I admired the adventurous side of Gangi, the one who had the courage to defy the system. Yet the irony at the end of the story is pathetic.
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