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, and brotherhood. The present collection of Premchand's non-fiction prose is an amalagamation of his impressions of, and responses to, the upheavals taking place in the politically and socially charged decade of the 1930s of the 20th century. Like a torchbearer, Premchand educated and guided public opinion on a wide range of issues such as education, culture, communalism, language, arts, and the Gurukul system of education, famous universities, broadcasting, and cinema. Nearly all the articles/essays/editorials were written to combat the topical crisis, but the nature of the articles and the solutions provided have a bearing even today. Just as non-fiction is called the genre of the future, this collection of Premchand's non-fiction prose will be conducive for posterity and will facilitate fresh avenues of research on Premchand.
This book is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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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.
