Premchand on Literature and Life is a collection of Premchand's (1880-1936) fifty non-fiction prose pieces translated into English. The selected pieces in the collection compirse his editorials and articles which appeared in literary magazines and periodicals like Hans and Zamana, and cover a period from the early 1920s till 1936. In them, Premchand emerges as a literary critic and social commentator, holding forth on literature, his literary world, and the socio-cultural milieu of his ties. His keen observations and insightful critique are a call for evolving appropriate processes and agencies to encourage literary creativity and evaluation. In the selected prose pieces, Premchand’s views are like a prism through which a nation's literary quotient can be assessed. This book is co-published with Aakar Books. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan) This book is a collection of Premchand's (1880-1936) fifty non-fiction prose pieces translated into English. In the selected prose pieces, Premchand’s views are like a prism through which a nation's literary quotient can be assessed.
Cover 1
Half Title 2
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Dedication 6
Table of Contents 7
Introduction 12
Writing a Novel 22
The Novel 33
Proposal for an Edition on Stories 41
Premchand’s Response to His Honourable Critics 56
The Need for Literary Clubs 60
Lord Krishna and the World’s Future 62
Satisfaction 68
Literary Ailments 79
At Shantiniketan 80
Publications in Japan 84
Awards to Editors 85
Publications in Soviet Russia 87
The Growth of Literature 89
The Sufferings of Life 100
The Objectionable Conduct of Periodical Subscribers 110
My Delicious Books 112
The Bharatiya Pustakalaya Sangh 116
Religion in Ancient Egypt 120
Festschrifts and the Common Man 130
The Need for a School of Editing 132
Celebrating Tulsidas Tithi 134
Tulsi Birth Anniversary or Tulsi Death Anniversary 138
What is an Interview? 139
Literary Depravity 140
But What Happened Here? 142
A Campaign for Libraries 145
The Place of Hatred in Life and Literature 147
The Need for a National Literature Association 154
The Rise or Fall of a Literature 157
The Hindi Lekhak Sangh 159
Teaching the Art of Editing 163
Bernard Shaw’s Advice to Writers 164
An Important Suggestion for the Sahitya Sammelan 166
The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan at Indore 168
The Tale of a Turmeric Seller 174
Partiality Towards Women Writers? 180
The Hindi Sahitya Parishad at Patna 182
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian Literature 186
Enriching the National Language 191
My Humble Submission to Triveni 193
One Year of the Hindi Lekhak Sangh 197
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Disappointment 199
London’s New Organization of Indian Writers 201
The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan 204
The Bihar Prantiya Sahitya Sammelan, Purnea 206
Institutions for Hindi Literature 210
The Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad 212
The Progressive Writers Association 215
Publishing Books in Hindi 216
Rashidul Khairi’s Social Narratives 219
Appendix 229
Translators 233
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