Description
A young girl, Nirmala, is thrust into marriage with a widower far older than her—an arrangement made inevitable by poverty and the sudden loss of her father. As her life unfolds within a rigid household and a judgmental society, suspicion, power, and cruelty collide, revealing how easily a woman’s fate can be controlled by others’ desires and assumptions. Premchand’s reformist storytelling brings the harsh realities of dowry, mismatched marriages, and child marriage into sharp focus, while also exposing the class tensions that keep the vulnerable trapped. Written with Premchand’s signature blend of social realism and moral urgency, this landmark novel—first serialized in a women’s magazine and later translated internationally—offers a searing, compassionate look at what it costs to be “acceptable” in a world that refuses to see your humanity.
Available Editions
paperback
Prabhakar Prakshan
Published Mar 30, 2019
152 pages
ISBN: 9789389851571
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First Published
1927
Language
hin
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