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गोदा� [Godaan]
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No words of mine can describe the greatness of this novel.
All i can remember is...i was inconsolably crying when i finished reading this novel (without even realizing that i was actually crying)....
I am a modern girl hailing from a metro city.....never in my life have i been to a village, i have never seen farms....have never met any Peasent...realization of there existence in this world had never before occurred to me......i had often heard the news of farmers committing suicide...I had seen Rahul Gandhi speaking for the rights of farmers......i never bothered to get into depth of the issue....i was ignorant towards the matter and towards the farmers.....
So when my dad suggested me to read this novel, for a moment i thought, "how could a novel set on the backdrop of a village and based on the life of people who are in a way completely aliens to me and in whose life i have no interest appeal me?"....then i thought....i should give it a try...i had heard enough about Shree Munshi PremChand. This reason was enough for me to give it a shot......
And to my greatest amazement, i lost the touch with reality while reading the book....the village became my home, the people seemed to me my own neighbours, their problems were mine ....When they were hungery, i too could feel hunger...when they felt cold...i too could feel myself shivering in my warm quilt..i could dream like Hori (d innocent farmer)....i could feel like Dhaniya(Hori's wife strongest and kindest woman i have ever known)....it was like i was one of them...what more do i tell
All i can say is:
I have not read it .....i have lived it.....
All i can remember is...i was inconsolably crying when i finished reading this novel (without even realizing that i was actually crying)....
I am a modern girl hailing from a metro city.....never in my life have i been to a village, i have never seen farms....have never met any Peasent...realization of there existence in this world had never before occurred to me......i had often heard the news of farmers committing suicide...I had seen Rahul Gandhi speaking for the rights of farmers......i never bothered to get into depth of the issue....i was ignorant towards the matter and towards the farmers.....
So when my dad suggested me to read this novel, for a moment i thought, "how could a novel set on the backdrop of a village and based on the life of people who are in a way completely aliens to me and in whose life i have no interest appeal me?"....then i thought....i should give it a try...i had heard enough about Shree Munshi PremChand. This reason was enough for me to give it a shot......
And to my greatest amazement, i lost the touch with reality while reading the book....the village became my home, the people seemed to me my own neighbours, their problems were mine ....When they were hungery, i too could feel hunger...when they felt cold...i too could feel myself shivering in my warm quilt..i could dream like Hori (d innocent farmer)....i could feel like Dhaniya(Hori's wife strongest and kindest woman i have ever known)....it was like i was one of them...what more do i tell
All i can say is:
I have not read it .....i have lived it.....
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April 6, 2012
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Jun 09, 2012 06:52AM
Godan-one of d best novel of peasant india.if u want to live ur india den read godan.an ameging novel.this is book of love.how many kind of love may b thats present in godan.u see meeting of mehta and malti,that love is amaging and so wondrful.thats real love.if u do somthing for pepl then it wil give u gretest plsr and satisifaction.al d charectr are desplayd in best way.u see d speech of mehta"sewa hi wh cement h jo dampatti ko ajivan prem aur sahcharya me bandhe rkh skti h". This line is quite acceptble and have d prefrence in this era. In these line he sows why relations are breaking frequently. Hi also commented that"wiwah ek samajik samjhouta h jise todne ka adhikar na to stri ko hai na purus ko vivah se phle ap swantra h lekin vivah k bad ap k hath kt jate h" this sow the commitment towards marrege.ovral this is a cmplete novel and present india their vilag in natural way condition of farmers in actual way and d end is marvelous and if u have a hrt then u surly weep at the end.
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Godan-one of d best novel of peasant india.if u want to live ur india den read godan.an ameging novel.this is book of love.how many kind of love may b thats present in godan.u see meeting of mehta and malti,that love is amaging and so wondrful.thats real love.if u do somthing for pepl then it wil give u gretest plsr and satisifaction.al d charectr are desplayd in best way.u see d speech of mehta"sewa hi wh cement h jo dampatti ko ajivan prem aur sahcharya me bandhe rkh skti h". This line is quite acceptble and have d prefrence in this era. In these line he sows why relations are breaking frequently. Hi also commented that"wiwah ek samajik samjhouta h jise todne ka adhikar na to stri ko hai na purus ko vivah se phle ap swantra h lekin vivah k bad ap k hath kt jate h" this sow the commitment towards marrege.ovral this is a cmplete novel and present india their vilag in natural way condition of farmers in actual way and d end is marvelous and if u have a hrt then u surly weep at the end.
I have the translated copy of Godan with me titled 'The Gift of a Cow' but I would read it in Hindi. Therein lies the true essence of Premchand. Hope this is as good as I have heard it is.
Have you read it in Hindi or English?
