कहानियाँ
Page 9 of 9 — Over 300 short stories capturing the essence of Indian life with remarkable insight.
100 works in collection
Gareeb Ki Haay by Munshi Premchand is a powerful tragedy of social exploitation and karmic retribution. When a corrupt legal scribe cheats a helpless soldier's widow out of her life savings, her agonizing death brings a devastating curse upon his family.
Bade Bhai Sahab by Munshi Premchand is an iconic, humorous, and deeply touching masterpiece about two brothers living in a school hostel. An elder brother studies relentlessly to lay an unshakeable academic foundation yet repeatedly fails, while his playful younger brother tops every exam—culminating in a timeless dialogue on education, humility, and the irreplaceable wisdom of life experience.
Bade Ghar Ki Beti by Munshi Premchand is an immortal masterpiece celebrating the wisdom, magnanimity, and emotional depth of Anandi, an aristocrat's daughter married into a modest rural zamindar household. When a domestic altercation over food threatens to tear the joint family apart, Anandi's noble forgiveness and timely intervention preserve the family bond.
Duniya Ka Sabse Anmol Ratan by Munshi Premchand is his historic debut nationalist short story from Soz-e-Watan. A lover wanders the world to find the most precious jewel, discovering that a drop of blood shed for the motherland is the highest treasure on earth.