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Short stories you can finish in under 15 minutes
Anubhav (Experience) by Munshi Premchand is an insightful first-person narrative exploring the trials of a young wife whose husband is imprisoned during the Indian independence movement. Abandoned by her own father and father-in-law out of selfish cowardice, she finds sanctuary, fearlessness, and deep life wisdom with true friends.
A rousing, immortal anti-colonial masterpiece by Munshi Premchand. Lala Fatehchand, an emaciated and downtrodden government clerk who has endured a lifetime of clerkly meekness and humiliation, is summoned by his drunken British superior, insulted, and shoved. Inspired by his wife Sharda's fierce defense of human dignity, he undergoes a miraculous transformation—marching back with a heavy wooden lathi, thrashing the tyrannical officer in his own dining room, forcing him to hold his ears and apologize, and proudly tendering his resignation.
Chori by Munshi Premchand is an evocative, humorous, and psychologically astute autobiographical tale of childhood escapades, a stolen silver rupee, village school life, and the comical survival instincts of two young boys facing parental wrath.
Guru Mantra by Munshi Premchand is a hilarious, razor-sharp satire on religious hypocrisy and counterfeit asceticism. Frustrated by domestic quarrels and a lack of feast invitations, a Brahmin decides to become a sadhu—only to be exposed when he fails to smoke a cannabis pipe.