Namak Ka Daroga and a Little about Munshi Premchand

Dear Children,
Here are a few videos that will surely help you enjoy Hindi as a subject. These are related to the lesson 'Namak Ka Daroga' being taught at school.

These are for Class 7 students and is related to the lesson 'Namak ka Daroga'.





Fun watching them, isn't it?

If you want to read the English translation of the story you could do so here.

This Shakespeare of Hindi literature has not earned so much fame for nothing. Do you know these facts about Premchand?


1. Premchand’s real name was Dhanpat Rai Srivastav. He started writing under the pen name ‘Nawab Rai’ but switched to ‘Premchand’ after the British found his work Soz-e-Watan seditious.
2. Premchand applied for college education but was turned down by institutions for mainly two reasons. A second class matriculation certificate and poor arithmetic skills. Premchand obtained a BA degree much later.
3. Premchand married a child widow. It was nothing short of revolutionary in those times. Needless to say he faced a lot of opposition for doing it but he persevered and wrote a book on the topic that mirrors his experience.
4. Premchand began his education at a Madarsa and learnt Urdu and Persian from a Maulvi. He wrote in Hindustani which is a mix of Urdu and Hindi.
5. When Mahatma Gandhi asked people to quit government jobs as part of the Non Cooperation Movement, Premchand quit his well paying government job of Deputy Inspectors of Schools. He took the decision in-spite of his ill health and with a pregnant wife to take care of and two children. He faced financial difficulties because of this decision which plagued him till his death but he never gave up support to the Nationalist cause.

While we celebrate foreign authors – and rightly so – lets not forget our own. Premchand is considered the “Upanyas Samrat” (“Emperor among Novelists”). We salute his revolutionary writing and his remarkable life. ( information courtesy www.lovehindustan.com)

Regards,

Your Hindi Teachers