1st Edition

Premchand on Culture and Education

Edited By Shuby Abidi Copyright 2022
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Premchand on Culture and Education is a select collection of Premchand's journalistic articles, essays, and editorials, in English translation, written in journals like Madhuri , Hans and Jagran from 1928 to 1936. Indian society then witnessed an extemely perilous phase with British imperialism, capitalism, and aggressive nationalism distracting indians from the path of honesty, equality,... Read more

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Three Days at Gurukul Kangdi (Gurukul Kangdi Mein Teen Din)

Urvashi Sabu

2. Make the Children Independent (Bachchon Ko Swadhin Banao)

Shuby Abidi

3. Mental Slavery (Maansik Paradheenta)

Shuby Abidi

4. Slavery in the National Pursuits (Raashtriya Kaaryon Mein Gulami)

Ruchi Nagpal

5. The Disease of the English Language (Angrezi Bhasha Ka Rog)

Shuby Abidi

6. Military College’s Organization (Fauji College ki Aayojna)

Ruchi Nagpal

7. The Ancient and Modern (Navin aur Prachin)

Shaheen Saba

8. Two Convocations of the United Province (Sanyukt Prant ke Do Convocation)

Shaheen Saba

9. Swami Shradhanand and the Indian Education Committee (Swami Shradhanand aur Bhartiya Shiksha Pranali)

Ruchi Nagpal

10. The Days of Talkies are Numbered (Swaak Filmon ke Din Gine Huye Hain)

Ruchi Nagpal

11. Awakening 1 (Jagriti 1)

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

12. Awakening 2 (Jagriti 2)

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

13. Delhi’s Jamia Millia: A Report (Dehli ke Jamia Millia ki Report)

Ameena Kazi Ansari

14. Sir P.C. Rai’s Advice to Youngsters (Sir P.C. Rai ka Yuvakon ko Aadesh)

Ruchi Nagpal

15. The New Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University (Allahabad University ke Naye Vice-Chancellor)

Urvashi Sabu

16. Health Check Up in Schools (Schoolon Mein Swaasth Pareeksha)

Ruchi Nagpal

17. Education Convention in Gorakhpur (Gorakhpur Mein Shiksha Sammelan)

Ruchi Nagpal

18. Editors’ Conference (Sampaadak Sammelan)

Ruchi Nagpal

19. Promotion of Education in Consolidated Provinces (Sanyukt Praant me Shiksha ka Prachaar)

Ruchi Nagpal

20. Shantiniketan of the South (Dakshin ka Shantiniketan)

Ruchi Nagpal

21. The Boys Who Fail (Fail Hone Waale Ladke)

Shabeeh Rahat

22. The Arrival of the Education Minister in Kashi (Kashi Mein Shiksha Mantri ka Shubhaagman)

Ruchi Nagpal

23. Lucknow University (Lucknow Vishwavidyala)

Shuby Abidi

24. Red Literature in Hindustan (Bhaarat Mein Laal Sahitya)

Ruchi Nagpal

25. A New Plan of the Film World (Film Sansaaron Mein ek Nayi Yojna)

Keerti Ramachandra

26. Broadcasting in the Countryside (Broadcasting Dehaaton Mein)

Ruchi Nagpal

27. Ramlila in Prayag (Prayag Mein Ramlila)

Ruchi Nagpal

28. An Appropriate Advice (Ek Uchit Paramarsh)

Ruchi Nagpal

29. New Ideals of Education (Shiksha ka Naya Aadarsh)

Sami Rafiq

30. Press in India (Bharat Mein Press)

Madiha Musarrat

31. The Ramlila of Prayag Shut (Prayag Mein Ramlila Bandh)

Madiha Musarrat

32. The Tours of Justice Young (Justice Young key Daure)

Madiha Musarrat

33. Annihilation of God in Hindi Literature (Hindi Sahitya ke Ishwar ki Chheechhaledar)

Keerti Ramachandra

34. Carmichael Library’s Diamond Jubilee (Carmichael Library ki Heerak Jayanti)

Ruchi Nagpal

35. Cinema and Youth (Cinema aur Yuvak)

Shuby Abidi

36. Convocation Speech of Sir P.C. Rai (Sir P.C. Rai ka Deekshant Bhashan)

Ruchi Nagpal

37. Speech by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru ka Bhashan)

Ruchi Nagpal

38. Doctor Tagore in Mumbai (Doctor Tagore Mumbai Mein)

Ruchi Nagpal

39. Sectarianism and Culture (Saampradayikta aur Sanskriti)

Ameena Kazi Ansari

40. The Way of the Wind (Hawa ka Rukh)

Ruchi Nagpal

41. Prohibition on Dance in Germany (Germany Mein Naach par Bandish)

Ruchi Nagpal

42. Swami Satyadev School (Swami Satyadev Paathshala)

Ruchi Nagpal

43. The Spirit of Indian Art (Bharatiya Kala ki Aatma)

Poonam Sharma

44. A Sigh of Relief for the Editors (Patrakaaron ke Liye Santosh ki Baat)

Ruchi Nagpal

45. Riots During Festivals (Tyohaaron Mein Dange)

Ameena Kazi Ansari

46. Guru Tradition in India (Bharat Me Guru Pratha)

Shuby Abidi

47. Health and Education (Swaasth aur Shiksha)

Ruchi Nagpal

48. Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Mahatmaji ki Jayanti)

Ruchi Nagpal

49. Literary Developments of Prayag Women’s University (Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth ki Sahityik Pragati)

Ruchi Nagpal

50. New Policies of Prayag Women’s University (Prayag Mahila Vidyapeeth ki Nayi Yojanaayein)

Ruchi Nagpal

Biography

Shuby Abidi teaches in the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Her areas of specialization include Diaspora Studies, Indian Writing in English, and Muslim Women's Writing. She has a keen interest in Translation Studies and has translated Shahid Nadeem's play Dekh Tamasha Chalta Ban for the book Islam in Performance: Contemporary Plays from South Asia edited by Prof. Ashis Sengupta. She has also translated several short stories by Premchand in English.