Premchand’s Non-Rural Stories

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to present an evidence of Premchand’s writings where he meticulously portrays the urban world. Although majority of his voluminous work primarily paints rural world of middle Ganga plain, he also has written literary pieces evoking images of urban milieu with equal acumen. Many critics have paid little attention to appreciate the contribution of Premchand’s depiction of urban milieu. Although Premchand is regarded as an erudite chronicler of depicting rural life in the middle Ganga plain, he has also written several short stories and a few selected novels that powerfully present various aspects of social, cultural, political and economic life of urban world. In order to build the above theorised argument this paper examines his stories, such as, “Vidroh”, “Khudai Fauzdar”, “Veshya”, “Motor Ke Chhinte”, “Quaidi”, “Miss Padma”, “Unmaad”, “Kusum”, “Chamatkaar”, “Muft Ka Yash”, “Daamul Ka Quaidi”, “Lottery”, “Riyaasat Ka Deevaan”, and “Jaadu”.