Premchand on Literature and Life: Selections (Translated from the Hindi)

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Writing a Novel
The Novel
Proposal for an Edition on Stories
Premchand’s Response to His Honourable Critics
The Need for Literary Clubs
Lord Krishna and the World’s Future
Satisfaction
Literary Ailments
At Shantiniketan
Publications in Japan
Awards to Editors
Publications in Soviet Russia
The Growth of Literature
The Sufferings of Life
The Objectionable Conduct of Periodical Subscribers
My Delicious Books
The Bharatiya Pustakalaya Sangh
Religion in Ancient Egypt
Festschrifts and the Common Man
The Need for a School of Editing
Celebrating Tulsidas Tithi
Tulsi Birth Anniversary or Tulsi Death Anniversary
What is an Interview?
Literary Depravity
But What Happened Here?
A Campaign for Libraries
The Place of Hatred in Life and Literature
The Need for a National Literature Association
The Rise or Fall of a Literature
The Hindi Lekhak Sangh
Teaching the Art of Editing
Bernard Shaw’s Advice to Writers
An Important Suggestion for the Sahitya Sammelan
The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan at Indore
The Tale of a Turmeric Seller
Partiality Towards Women Writers?
The Hindi Sahitya Parishad at Patna
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian Literature
Enriching the National Language
My Humble Submission to Triveni
One Year of the Hindi Lekhak Sangh
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s Disappointment
London’s New Organization of Indian Writers
The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan
The Bihar Prantiya Sahitya Sammelan, Purnea
Institutions for Hindi Literature
The Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad
The Progressive Writers Association
Publishing Books in Hindi
Rashidul Khairi’s Social Narratives
Appendix
Translators