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Mr. Deendayal, the zamindaar of Prayga’s small village jalpa, only daughter of Manki, had longed for jewelery, especially Chandrahar, since childhood. She dreamed that Chandrahar would surely come for her at the time of marriage. When she was married to Ramnath, the idle son of servant Munshi Dayanath in the cout, there were more ornaments in the offering, Chandrahar was not there. Jalpa frustrated with this.
Imprint: Hind Pocket Books
Published: Aug/2020
ISBN: 9789353497354
Length : 384 Pages
MRP : ₹199.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: Hind Pocket Books
Published: Aug/2020
ISBN:
Length : 384 Pages
MRP : ₹199.00
Mr. Deendayal, the zamindaar of Prayga’s small village jalpa, only daughter of Manki, had longed for jewelery, especially Chandrahar, since childhood. She dreamed that Chandrahar would surely come for her at the time of marriage. When she was married to Ramnath, the idle son of servant Munshi Dayanath in the cout, there were more ornaments in the offering, Chandrahar was not there. Jalpa frustrated with this.
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 […]