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Seeing that there are no threads in this sub forum, I thought it would only be appropriate if the first thread concerned possibly the greatest Hindi writer of all time, Munshi Premchand. In my personal opinion, Premchand had a flair for writing short stories that was second to only the masters like Chekov. Stories like Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Bade Bhai Sahab, Thakur ka Kuan etc are all classics of the short story writing.

Any other fans of the master here in the forum?

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I like Premchand a lot, my favorite is Shatranj Ke Khiladi. I like his style of writting.

In case you're interested, the story was made into a really good movie by Satyajit Ray. Its worth checking out in my opinion.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076696/

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I have never head of Premchand, but your comments make me feel like wanting to learn more about this writer, and would be cool if any of you could share some links to reading works, if there are free reading resources online.

If you haven't read any of his books and novels, you are missing out on a lot. Have a look here- http://hindisamay.com/premchand%20samagra/Indexpremchand.htm

http://www.brandbihar.com/hindi/literature/preamchand/premchand.html

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In case you're interested, the story was made into a really good movie by Satyajit Ray. Its worth checking out in my opinion.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076696/

Yeah I have seen this movie and it was so good. Actually I like most satyajit Ray movies :P His movies made me want to learn bengali haha

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In case your Hindi is not that good and you're interested in English translations, go here...

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/premchand11.pdf

11 Stories Written by Munshi Prem Chand in English

Thanks for the links mate. I was searching for them but couldn't find it.

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If you haven't read any of his books and novels, you are missing out on a lot. Have a look here- http://hindisamay.com/premchand%20samagra/Indexpremchand.htm

http://www.brandbihar.com/hindi/literature/preamchand/premchand.html

Wow! This is an awesome link! Thank you so much! I was looking for somewhere to read Hindi online and could not find it at all. Thank you sooo much for these links.  :grin:

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Wow! This is an awesome link! Thank you so much! I was looking for somewhere to read Hindi online and could not find it at all. Thank you sooo much for these links.  :grin:

Premchand was a great writer. It's a pity that he passed away so early in his life. I am glad that other will be able to read it too.

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