The entire world was enthralled to watch the opening ceremony of London Olymics on Friday where great British writers like William Shakespeare, William Blake and Charles Dickens were also remembered.

The work of Premchand was celebrated by Google dedicating its logo to him. [File Image] New Delhi, July 31: Munshi Premchand’s 137th birth anniversary is being celebrated across the country. Even ...

One of the greatest Indian writers of the early 20th century, Munshi Premchand was born on July 31, 1880 as Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava. A simple man, Premchand's stories are a reflection of the society ...

At the age of 7, Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, better known as Munshi Premchand, started studying at a madrassa. His interest in Urdu and Persian developed over time, and this largely affected his literary ...

Munshi Premchand is regarded as one of the finest Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century. His stories mainly depicted the terrible condition of Indian society and the social ills that ...

Premchand Munshi, one of the greatest Indian writers, is remembered for his simplistic writing that managed to capture the essence of pre-independence, rural India. Born as Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava, he ...

Writer-editor Sara Rai talks Premchand and the shared love of a family for Hindustani, spartan living and telling stories of those on the margins In school, Hindustani-Urdu writer Munshi Premchand was ...