Articles of Premchand
Gaaliyaan
The manner in which a nation speaks reflects its moral condition. Judged by this standard, India would likely rank at the very bottom among all the nations of the earth. Dignity and refinement in speech signify national greatness and moral purity, whereas
Urdu, Hindi, Hindustani (1)
It is universally acknowledged that social unity is essential for national stability, and a nation's language and script are integral to this unity. In one of her speeches, Madame Halide Edib Hanim attributed the unity of the Turkish nation to the Turkish
Afsana-nigaar Premchand: Technique Mein Irony Ka Istemaal
I am not writing this essay as an apology; rather, it is driven by the realization that even forty-four or forty-five years after Premchand's passing, people have yet to accept him in his entirety. Radha Krishna, a discerning critic of Premchand, once