Resignation - Premchand
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava(1880-1936), better known by his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He is one of the first authors to write about caste hierarchies and the plights of women and laborers prevalent in the society of the late 880’s. He published his first collection of five short stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-e-Watan. This short story “Resignation” is an English translation of “Istifa”(1927) by the most celebrated author Premchand. This work was translated by Neelam Kumar. In most of his works Premchand voiced out the sufferings of the middle class people. He also gave voice to the sufferings of the Indians under the British rule and how the Indian poor people were exploited...