Munshi Premchand is considered the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism, and lived in the subcontinent a century ago. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent. His novels describe the problems of the poor and the urban middle-class. His works depict a rationalistic outlook, which views religious values as something that allows the powerful hypocrites to exploit the weak. He used literature for the purpose of arousing public awareness about national and social issues and often wrote about topics related to corruption, child widowhood, prostitution, feudal system, poverty, colonialism and on the India's freedom movement.
Apoorvanand recently wrote a book ‘Yah Premchand Hai’ — This is Premchand. While reading it I found this story from Premchand and was dumbfounded to notice how relevant and current its character and storyline were. I’m reciting what Apoorvanand has written.
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