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We have 20 authentic women quotes by Munshi Premchand available in both Hindi and English translations.

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Munshi Premchand wrote many famous quotes on women. Here are some examples: "A girl has a right to a share in her parents’ earnings." and "My parents have raised me with great hardship. Is my marriage meant to leave them burdened with debt?". 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.
माँ-बाप की कमाई में क्या लड़की का कोई हक नहीं है?

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My parents have raised me with great hardship. Is my marriage meant to leave them burdened with debt?
माँ-बाप ने मर-मरके पाला-पोसा। उसका बदला क्या यही है कि उनके घर से जाने लगूँ, तो उन्हें कर्जे से और लादती जाऊँ?

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If they have money to spare, let my parents give as much as they wish; I do not object.
माँ-बाप को भगवान् ने दिया हो तो खुशी से जितना चाहें लड़की को दें, मैं मना नहीं करती।

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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?
लेकिन जब वह पैसे-पैसे को तंग हो रहे हैं, आज महाजन नालिस करके नीलाम करा ले, तो कल मजूरी करनी पड़ेगी, तो कन्या का धरम यही है कि डूब मरे।

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If you take even a single penny in dowry, I will not marry you.
मैं तो सोनारी वालों से कह दूंगी, अगर तुमने एक पैसा भी दहेज लिया, तो मैं तुमसे ब्याह न करूंगी।

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Sona had gained the leadership not only of the women but of the men as well.
धनिया ने अपने साहस से स्त्रियों का ही नहीं, पुरुषों का नेतृत्व भी प्राप्त कर लिया था।

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She had extraordinary courage and, when the time came, could outmatch even the men.
उसमें अद्भुत साहस है और समय पड़ने पर वह मर्दों के भी कान काट सकती है।

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I too have worked myself to the bone with my daughters.
मैं भी अपनी बच्चियों के साथ सती हुई हूँ।

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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.
वह घर का स्वामी इसलिए है कि सबका पालन करे, इसलिए नहीं कि उनकी कमाई छीनकर बिरादरी की नजर में सुर्खरू बने।

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I will not let you take it, even if you take my life.
इसे तो मैं न ले जाने दूँगी, चाहे तुम मेरी जान ही ले लो।

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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.
बुरा रिवाज है, बेहद बुरा! मेरा बस चले, तो दहेज लेने वालों और दहेज देने वालों दोनों ही को गोली मार दूँ।