write note on premchand

Munshi Premchand first started writing in Urdu and later shifted to Hindi. He was an influential writer in both the languages. He drew inspiration from the traditional art of story-telling, kissa-goi. His narration and story telling style not only captivated the readers, but the subjects he chose to write about and the issues he dealt with invited much social response. For instance, in his work Sewasadan, published in 1916, Premchand wrote about the deplorable conditions of women in the society and he addressed issues like child marriage, poverty and dowry in his work. These were the evils present in the society at that time and his work drew attention of his readers to these evils. He sensitized his readers towards the issues related to women and society in general. This work gives us today's readers a peek into the times when upper class, educated Indians tried to use the colonial governance in eradicating most of the social evils of the time.