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Through their relationship, Hyder explores the growth of tension between Bengal’s Hindus and Muslims—who had once shared a culture and a history—as they try to come to terms with Bengal’s and India’s shifting fortunes.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Prakash Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48798347100397,"sku":null,"price":479.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0355\/1415\/5141\/files\/cQaCHkoPhx.jpg?v=1759232817"},{"product_id":"manto-selected-short-stories","title":"Manto: Selected Short Stories","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eSaadat Hasan Manto's first collection of stories was published in the 1940s, but his stories have an enduring relevance. 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If you haven't read Premchand, you have missed out on a lot' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Hindu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMunshi Premchand, widely lauded as the greatest Hindi fiction writer of the twentieth century, wrote close to 300 short stories over the course of a prolific career spanning three decades. His range and diversity were limitless as he tackled themes of romance and satire, gender politics and social inequality, with unmatched skill and compassion. 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If you haven't read Premchand, you have missed out on a lot' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Hindu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMunshi Premchand, widely lauded as the greatest Hindi fiction writer of the twentieth century, wrote close to 300 short stories over the course of a prolific career spanning three decades. His range and diversity were limitless as he tackled themes of romance and satire, gender politics and social inequality, with unmatched skill and compassion. 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He passed matriculationexams with great effort and took up a teaching position, with amonthly salary of eighteen rupees. Later, Dhanpat Rai worked as the deputy sub-inspector of schoolsin what was then the United Provinces. Initially, Premchand wrote in Urdu under the name ofNawabrai. However, when the British confiscated his novel Soz-e-Watan, hestarted writing under the pseudonym Premchand. Before Premchand, Hindi literature consisted mainly of fantasyor religious works. 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Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the greatest short story writers of the Urdu language, was also a film journalist and story-writer for the Hindi film industry in Bombay. As an insider he was privy to the most private moments of the men and women who have dazzled generations of audiences. In this series of sketches, Ashok Kumar, the screen idol of yore, emerges as a shy, yet brilliant actor, forever looking to flee the eager advances of his female fans; Nargis comes across as just another young girl looking for companionship among her peers before she steps on the ladder that will forever take her away from the comforts of an ordinary middle-class life; and Shyam—the dashing, handsome hero—is portrayed as a straightforward, flirtatious young man pining for the woman he loves. 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