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Book Name: Godaan
Author Name: Munshi Premchand
Language: Hindi
Genre: Novel
Godaan is a popular Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand. It was first released in 1936 and is contemplated one of the tremendous Hindi novels of contemporary Indian literature. Themed around the socio-economic deprivation as well as the exploitation of the village poor, the book was the final extensive book of Premchand.
About the Author:
Munshi Premchand was an Indian novelist popular for his contemporary Hindustani books. He is one of the greatly celebrated novelists of the Indian subcontinent and is heeded as one of the foremost Hindi novelists of the ahead twentieth century. His books include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah. He disseminated his first exhibition of five short stories in 1907 in a novel called Soz-e-Watan.
He started composing under the pen name “Nawab Rai”, but afterward shifted to “Premchand” being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story novelist, and impressive, he has been pertained to as the “Upanyas Samrat” by novelists. His works include more than a dozen books, around 300 short stories, various essays, and interpretations of various foreign literary works in Hindi.
When he was 7 years old, Dhanpat Rai started his education at a Madrasa in Lalpur, found near Lemhi. He learned Urdu and Persian from a maulvi on the madrasa. When he was 8, his mommy died after a high illness. His grandmother, who took the duty of raising him, died rapidly after.
Munshi Premchand was an Indian novelist popular for his contemporary Hindustani books. He is one of the greatly celebrated novelists of the Indian subcontinent and is heeded as one of the foremost Hindi novelists of the ahead twentieth century. His books include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah. He disseminated his first exhibition of five short stories in 1907 in a novel called Soz-e-Watan.
He started composing under the pen name “Nawab Rai”, but afterward shifted to “Premchand” being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story novelist, and impressive, he has been pertained to as the “Upanyas Samrat” by novelists. His works include more than a dozen books, around 300 short stories, various essays, and interpretations of various foreign literary works in Hindi.
When he was 7 years old, Dhanpat Rai started his education at a Madrasa in Lalpur, found near Lemhi. He learned Urdu and Persian from a maulvi on the madrasa. When he was 8, his mommy died after a high illness. His grandmother, who took the duty of raising him, died rapidly after.
Premchand felt deserted, as his elder sister Suggi had already been wedded and his father was always involved with work. His father, who was now posted at Gorakhpur, remarried but Premchand obtained little appreciation from his stepmother.
About the Book:
Cow in a probability to enhance his puny public implication to some stature of self-importance. Much different from his situation, he bargains a cow at a deficit of 80 rupees. However, things spiraled out of his supervision when he attempts to deceive his younger brother, Heera by 10 rupees. This haggle affects an enormous battle between Dhaniya ( Hori’s wife) and Heera’s wife. Heera contaminates the cow and moves away to prevent being grabbed by the Police.
To ensconce the cow’s demise matter, Hori takes a loan from a moneylender and pays off the police. On the other hand, Gobar ( Hori’s son) has a conspiracy with a widow Jhunia. When Jhunia is expecting his child, Gobaar gallops away to the city to evade the anger of the townies.
But then Junia is taken into respect by Hori and his household. Because of Junia's problem, the townlet Panchayat decrees Hori to pay a liability amount for his son's deeds. Thus, Hori again takes the loan from money lenders.
As the debt improves on his head, Hori marries off his daughter Rupa with a contract of 200 rupees only to recoup his traditional land from being marketed by money leaders. To fee off the debt Hori works beyond his capability and ultimately dies in the end. His son Gobaar organizes to lead a defensible life in the city but never could reap to pay off his dad’s debt.
Godaan is one of the important hit books of Munshi Premchand. Asunder from Hori and Gobaar, the book also comprises several subplots ie covers the stories from the village’s neediest to the wealthiest of towns. The book, in-depth, examines the predicament of familiar masses during the pre-independence era, especially of planters who always found it difficult to occur out of the vicious circle of deficit laid out by the money lenders.
As the debt improves on his head, Hori marries off his daughter Rupa with a contract of 200 rupees only to recoup his traditional land from being marketed by money leaders. To fee off the debt Hori works beyond his capability and ultimately dies in the end. His son Gobaar organizes to lead a defensible life in the city but never could reap to pay off his dad’s debt.
Godaan is one of the important hit books of Munshi Premchand. Asunder from Hori and Gobaar, the book also comprises several subplots ie covers the stories from the village’s neediest to the wealthiest of towns. The book, in-depth, examines the predicament of familiar masses during the pre-independence era, especially of planters who always found it difficult to occur out of the vicious circle of deficit laid out by the money lenders.
This book greatly paints the horrible state of planters in the pre-independence era, the zamindari system, caste system, society treatment of the needy and low-caste, the lifestyle of the wealthy and their difficulties, and how all of this always strikes each other path.
My view:
I had no words when I finished the novel but to think of the moment. I decided to pick this book up, how I blessed my life for taking such a good decision. Oh to be living the life absent of all misery and grief that was wanted in the story but the life could be unfair to many.
I had no words when I finished the novel but to think of the moment. I decided to pick this book up, how I blessed my life for taking such a good decision. Oh to be living the life absent of all misery and grief that was wanted in the story but the life could be unfair to many.
I suggested the readers read this Hindu literature masterpiece as soon as they finish the book which they are currently reading. The author gave us a powerful message especially relevant today. We need to move towards farming or agriculture. Own and hold on to our lands. During the lockdown, this was the single most important ingredient of life that kept the human race going.
My rating for the book is 5/5
Get a copy of this book easily from Amazon: Godaan
My rating for the book is 5/5
Get a copy of this book easily from Amazon: Godaan
Written By - Muskan Gupta
Edited By - Anamika Malik
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