Comments on: Munshi Premchand and Idgah!

By: K

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:06:53 +0000

This story is being read by the third generation since its publication, and kids and adults find it as moving as their parents and grandparents did.

By: Aditya

Aditya — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:39:51 +0000

Idgah is a very sensationable story by Premchand expressing more than that child’s plight but the condition prevailing at that time.

By: Milind Kher

Milind Kher — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:37:01 +0000

Wow, the story sounds really good. Given Munshi Premchand’s touch, it must be a really moving one in the original.

Maybe, if translations are actively pursued, it may be a good thing. It may not have the charm of the original, but it will give everybody a flavor of what the literature is like.

By: Dr Kuldip Kumar Dhiman

Dr Kuldip Kumar Dhiman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:08:27 +0000

Mirza Faisal’s write up on Munshi Prem Chand’s story Idgah was excellent. We had this story in school, and to this day it remains one of my favourites.

With sheer genius, Prem Chand portrays the emotions of Hamid, his friends, and his grandmother. The last scene of the story is so touching that one finds hard to control one’s tears.

Good work Faisal

By: shelly

shelly — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:18:30 +0000

dear friends
im so glad to see ur love to premchand
i would just say that i have read all his stories and some even over 20 times ,believe ,such is the magic of his writing .for new people some of his most touching stories are …
kafan
bade bhai saab
raamlila
idgah
gulli danda
mantra
namak ka daroga
panch parmeshwer
baudam
and many more i will put when i remember them
the most important thing is he was a great human being too
i simply love him

By: Anurag

Anurag — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:19:05 +0000

What a plesant surprise indeed!

Idgah was the first story of my hindi textbook in std 9. I have read the story numerous times and remember it to this day. I have no words to express how warm and happy I felt recollecting the story of Hamid and his grandmother! god bless us all!

By: vijayasati

vijayasati — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:42:48 +0000

Idgaah is a lovely story,a wonderful piece of art.This is the total study of mankind through children.As is said Child is the father of Man,its true.The small talk of the children in the Id-Mela depict the very nature of mankind.
A plain,simple truth told so beautifully and simply Prem Chand is simply great!

By: SANA

SANA — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:37:21 +0000

ID MUBARAK TO ALL…….
AWSUM MUST SAY TAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BESY BY MUNSHIJI JI ….AND BEING WATCHED THIS ON TV IT HAS MADE A MARK IN MY HEART TILL NOW……..

By: Manu Tyagi

Manu Tyagi — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:41:39 +0000

Id Mubarak to all dear muslim friends. I was infact remembering and searcing for the hindi pdf of the story Idgah by munshi premchand when i chanced across this.. did nt know it was so popular

By: Tiku

Tiku — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:14:20 +0000

I stumbled upon this site by accident, but what a pleasant surprise and a charming trip down memory lane. Thanks, Faisal

I had forgotten what a phenomenal observ of the human condition Pramchand was. Such a shame that, our “movers and shakers” would not be caught dead on page 3 talking about the genius,when there are scores of mediocre angrezi writers to chose from..

Id Mubarak!