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“Godaan has a beautiful, beautiful ending. If you don’t cry in it, then you’re a tough person. But what truly distinguishes Munshi Premchand’s work is his understanding of India — about the relationships that bind people in the village, in marriage, in the family. His description of the village, how everyone’s always listening to each other, how rumors circulate, and how people living beside each other in conditions of utter precarity can be at one moment incredibly cruel and at others very kind to each other. Premchand also shows the nature of the caste, how it really works.” Read more...
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