Mansarovar - Part IV

As a story-writer Premchand had become a legend in his own lifetime. The firmament of Premchand's stories is vast. In view of a variety of topics, he, as though, had encompassed the entire sky of the humane world into his fold. Each of Premchandji's stories unravels many sides of the human mind, many streaks of man's conscience, the evils in some societal practices, and heterogeneous angles of economic tortures. All this is done with complete artistry. His stories stir the readers' minds even today by means of their variegated layers of thoughts and feelings. They are all the heralds of human glories coming from the pen of a time-tested author. The very intrinsic nature of his stories and their external formats unfold their entire uniqueness and appeal to the reader's mind. Owing to such special features Premchandji's stories are still relevant today, as much as they were five decades ago. The chief themes of his stories are rooted in rural life with city social life appearing as the contrast to illustrate the complete picture of contemporary Indian life. The stories of Munshi Premchand, fighting on behalf of the downtrodden of society, who are suffering from social and economic agonies, are the strongest assets of our Literature.