Complete Works & Literary Heritage in English

Gaban (Embezzlement)

गबन

Gaban (गबन) by Premchand is a powerful novel about Ramanath, a clerk who embezzles money to satisfy his wife Jalpa's desire for jewelry, leading to tragic consequences.

Demonstration

Demonstration (डिमॉन्सट्रेशन) by Munshi Premchand is a sparkling literary satire on artistic vanity, theatrical commercialism, and competitive flattery. When a dilettante playwright and his hype squad stage an elaborate demonstration to fleece a theatrical magnate, they discover that the calculating Seth is an even greater master of psychological manipulation.

Kafan (The Shroud)

Kafan (The Shroud) by Munshi Premchand is a devastating masterpiece following Ghisu and Madhav, an impoverished Dalit father and son whose brutalized existence leads them to spend the funeral shroud money of Madhav's deceased wife on liquor and fried delicacies.

Grih Neeti (Domestic Policy)

Grih Neeti (Domestic Policy) by Munshi Premchand is a brilliant, progressive domestic satire examining the clash between feudal mother-in-law expectations and modern marital equality. A diplomat husband bridges the generational divide through ingenious psychological tact.

Miss Padma

Miss Padma (मिस पद्मा) by Munshi Premchand is an insightful, realistic psychological narrative examining Westernized individualism, free love, and modernity. A wealthy and accomplished female lawyer rejects traditional marriage for an uncommitted live-in relationship, only to experience betrayal, financial ruin, and emotional devastation.

God's Share in Stale Rice

God's Share in Stale Rice (बासी भात में खुदा का साझा) by Premchand explores the psychological torment of Dinanath, a clerk pressured into falsifying accounts to save colleagues' jobs, who ultimately rejects a religion grounded in fear and terror.