Premchand Quotes on Women

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Verified quotations from Premchand concerning women, marriage, dowry, women's dignity, domestic equality, motherhood, widowhood, and women's agency

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A girl has a right to a share in her parents’ earnings.

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My parents have raised me with great hardship. Is my marriage meant to leave them burdened with debt?

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If they have money to spare, let my parents give as much as they wish; I do not object.

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But when they are struggling for every penny, is it a daughter’s duty to drown herself in order to marry?

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If you take even a single penny in dowry, I will not marry you.

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Sona had gained the leadership not only of the women but of the men as well.

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She had extraordinary courage and, when the time came, could outmatch even the men.

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I too have worked myself to the bone with my daughters.

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The household head is meant to support everyone, not to take away their earnings to preserve his standing in the community.

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I will not let you take it, even if you take my life.

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It is a bad custom—extremely bad! If I had my way, I would shoot both those who take dowry and those who give it.

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Are you marrying the boy, or selling him?