biblomania

Title:GODAAN Author: Premchand Category :Fiction (???) If there is any book written which can be the national book of India which depicts the true picture of Indian society then it will be GODAAN thumbs down.The magnum opus of Premchand which is basically a story of marginal farmer called Hori.The other characters are his nagging wife Dhaniya,son Gobar daughters Rupa & Sona.What is so special about the book? It is it's heart wrenching story. Hori is a simple farmer neck deep in debts but has a dream of owning a cow.The story is what I have stated in the previous line,but Premchand's craft comes into play when he goes on touching different aspects like indebtedness of farmers,iliiteracy,exploitation by zamindars,urban migration,liqour problem,labour unrest etc etc.You would feel it is a preachy story but nowhere does Premchand becomes didactic.What comes to fore is how farmer the backbone of our economy our culture and someone who ensures we have something to eat everyday is