Remembering the ‘Upanyas Samrat’ Through His Short Story ‘Kafan’
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  • 4 years ago
Revered as the ‘Emperor Among Novelists’, Munshi Premchand, who wrote in Urdu and Hindi, popularised the literary tradition of short story in India. You must have read his stories 'Idgah' and 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi'. Now tune in to listen to his last short story 'Kafan'.

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