Although made in Telugu by legendary director Mrinal Sen, Oka Oori Katha is based on Premchand’s disturbing short story Kafan (The Shroud), and its message transcends language. It tells the story of a ...

A shed, a bust, a room of dusty books. At Lamhi recently, it was painful to see a neglected memorial that does little to ...

In his famous 1936 address at Indian Progressive Writers’ Association, Premchand explicitly spoke about the role of literature in the society. He said that literature can be defined as a criticism of ...

A satirical play titled Premchand ke Joote, which is based on the life of Munshi Premchand and written by humorist Harishankar Parsai, was staged to mark Premchand’s 82nd death anniversary. Upanyas ...

Kafan is one of Premchand’s starkest stories. It follows Ghisu and his son Madhav, who are too impoverished to provide a burial shroud when Madhav’s wife Budhiya dies in childbirth. Rather than spend ...

(Those who write are the ones who are filled with pain, love, tenacity and ideas. Interestingly, Premchand also forayed into writing for cinema in 1934, joining Ajanta Cinetone in Bombay as a ...

Munshi Premchand is one of the most celebrated writers of India, is being remembered on his birth anniversary today. Munshi Premchand's literature touched the hearts of readers as his stories came ...

Premchand began writing Karbala in July 1923 and finished it in January 1924. The play was first published in Hindi by Ganga Pustak Mala in November 1924. Two years later, it was serialised in Zamana ...