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 ...

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 ...

Problems depicted in the stories penned down by novelist Munshi Premchand are persistent even today, according to National Award-winning songwriter Gulzar. The 81-year-old launched the screenplay ...

Uttarakhand minister Premchand Aggarwal resigned from the Cabinet on Sunday, weeks after his remark in the assembly on people from the state's hill regions had sparked protests. Premchand Aggarwal, ...

(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 ...

For the first time ever, Munshi Premchand's short stories are being published for readers in English. Pic: Penguin Random House India Munshi Premchand's short stories are being published in English by ...

From Accounts to Billions: The untold success story of Premchand Godha and Amitabh Bachchan's pharma empire Meet the individual who, alongside Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and his family, ...

To commemorate Munshi Premchand's 128th birth anniversary (July 31), Mujeeb Khan's Ideal Drama and Entertainment Academy (IDEA) is showcasing a three-day event - ‘Prem Utsav'. The festival showcases 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 ...

At the age of 7, Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand, started studying at a madrassa. His interest in Urdu and Persian developed over time, and this largely affected his literary ...