Munshi Premchand’s character portrayals are of the stuff of legend – Hori and Dhaniya in Godan, and Nirmala in the eponymous story being among the most memorable. They reflect his extraordinary sense ...

Munshi Premchand is considered as one of the finest writers of Hindi-Urdu fiction. His stories depicted different sides of rural India and gave many social messages. He has penned down ...

The work of Premchand was celebrated by Google dedicating its logo to him. [File Image] New Delhi, July 31: Munshi Premchand’s 137th birth anniversary is being celebrated across the country. Even ...

For months, mounds of mud and garbage have taunted Hori-Dhania, Halku and the buffaloes — the inimitable characters from Munshi Premchand’s Godan, Poos ki Raat and Do Bailon ki Katha who guard the ...

Premchand's literary career started as a freelancer in Urdu. His first story appeared in the magazine Zamana published from Kanpur. In his early short stories he depicted the patriotic upsurge that ...

Hori - Inspired by the protagonist Hori from the novel Godan, representing hard work and dedication. Parineeta - Meaning married or committed, inspired by the novel Parineeta. Suman - A name that ...

Perhaps the finest novel written by Hindi-Urdu literary genius Munshi Premchand, Godan, was miserably adapted to the big screen by film director Trilok Jetley in 1963. The next notable film in his ...