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The moral of this story is that animals are both wise and loyal and must never be tortured. Once, a farmer named Jhuri had two oxen, Heera and Moti. Once, Jhuri drops them off at his in-laws’ home but they find their way back to him. Once again, Jhuri tries to drop them but after facing much violence and difficulty, they once again return to their loving master’s home.
Imprint: Hind Pocket Books
Published: Oct/2019
ISBN: 9789353495084
Length : 188 Pages
MRP : ₹175.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: Hind Pocket Books
Published: Oct/2019
ISBN:
Length : 188 Pages
MRP : ₹175.00
The moral of this story is that animals are both wise and loyal and must never be tortured. Once, a farmer named Jhuri had two oxen, Heera and Moti. Once, Jhuri drops them off at his in-laws’ home but they find their way back to him. Once again, Jhuri tries to drop them but after facing much violence and difficulty, they once again return to their loving master’s home.
Premchand (1880-1936), considered one of the greatest fiction writers in Hindi, was born Dhanpat Rai in Lamahi, a small village near Benares. He wrote in Urdu under the name Nawab Rai and changed it to Premchand when his collection of short stories, Soz-e Watan, was seized for sedition in 1909. In a prolific career spanning three decades, Premchand wrote fourteen novels, two plays, almost 300 short stories and several articles, reviews and editorials. He edited four journals, and also set up his own printing press. Though best known for his stories exposing the horrors of poverty and social injustice, he wrote on a variety of themes with equal felicity-romance, satire, social dramas, nationalist tales, and yarns steeped in folklore.
India has twenty-two official languages and many dialects spoken across the country. As we gear up to commemorate International Translation Day on 30 September, we bring a selection of classics translated from Indian languages to English which promise to introduce readers to great writers who would be lost without their translators. Celebrate the beauty of […]