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| Original Title: | कफ़न |
| Edition Language: | Hindi |
Munshi Premchand
Kindle Edition | Pages: 7 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1270 Users | 66 Reviews
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| Title | : | कफ़न |
| Author | : | Munshi Premchand |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 7 pages |
| Published | : | (first published January 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Cultural. India |
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Kafan must be one of the best stories in not just in Hindi but world literature. Marcus Garvey truly captures the spirit of Kafan as follows:"Poverty is a hellish state to be in.
It is no virtue.
It is a crime.
To be poor is
to be hungry without possible hope of food;
to be sick without hope of medicine;
to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head;
to be naked without the hope of clothing;
to be despised and comfortless.
To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell." - Marcus Garvey.
Premchand in this short story shows us the true ugly face of poverty. Poverty dehumanizes human beings. There is not much difference between an animal and poor person.It Robs us of the things which makes us human like compassion, sympathy, self respect, magnanimity, self actualization etc. Maslow also said that if the basic needs are not fulfilled the higher needs remains untouched forget about fulfilling them.
Its a black comedy. Its humor is just a mask to hide the ugly truth which Munshiji wants to convey. It would have been comic if the implications are not so horrible.
But what makes it contender for truly great story of world is that if it leads you to start thinking you will definitely become a better human being.
Some dalit activist in India say that it is too casteist and as the protagonists are from lower caste it shows them in bad light. But i disagree. I think Premchand has the utmost respect for the dalits and he constantly brought out their plight through his writings.
Please read and you will be a changed person.
P.S. I guess Anush Rizvi said that her movie Peepli Live is inspired by Kafan.
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Ratings: 4.18 From 1270 Users | 66 ReviewsWeigh Up Epithetical Books कफ़न
its very nice book in my lifeKafan must be one of the best stories in not just in Hindi but world literature. Marcus Garvey truly captures the spirit of Kafan as follows:"Poverty is a hellish state to be in. It is no virtue. It is a crime. To be poor is to be hungry without possible hope of food; to be sick without hope of medicine; to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head; to be naked without the hope of clothing; to be despised and comfortless. To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell." -
Nobody writes better short stories than Munsi Premchand.
Kafan must be one of the best stories in not just in Hindi but world literature. Marcus Garvey truly captures the spirit of Kafan as follows:"Poverty is a hellish state to be in. It is no virtue. It is a crime. To be poor is to be hungry without possible hope of food; to be sick without hope of medicine; to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head; to be naked without the hope of clothing; to be despised and comfortless. To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell." -
Not up to the mark.. as expected from the popularity and reviews
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I have always been left moved by Munshi Premchand's works and this one does no less... I find no other writer more expressive than him when it comes to bringing to the world the stark realities of life in poverty, racial discrimination and inequalities that prevailed in India years ago... he definitely has done splendid work to counter these issues with his skilled writing...
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