My ideal of a woman is a combination of sacrifice, care and purity at one place. Sacrifice without a hope for reward, without showing any dissatisfac… - Premchand

About Premchand

Munshi Premchand (Urdu: منشی پریم چند‎, Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद, pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] (listen)) (July 31, 1880 – October 8, 1936), born Dhanpat Rai Srivastav, was an Indian novelist, story writer and dramatist, in modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century. He wrote under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand". He was given the honorific "Munshi ‘ affixed to his name and also bestowed the sobriquet "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists"). His most famous novel is Godaan.

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