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The Shroud by Munshi Premchand: Introduction, Summary, Conclusion -- Dalit Literature

      • Munshi Premchand's last story Shroud (1935) is a social classic - a true story of an oppressed victim. DhanPat Rai Shrivastav, Munshi Premchand (188-1936) is best known to us for his realistic understanding of the rural oppressed caste and his inter-genre depiction of the life of the lower castes and the "untouchables", now known as Dalits. Premchand is famous for the "real" level of his village, and indeed it is there, it has its limits. However, "The Shroud" is marked by its sympathetic portrayal of the downtrodden and untouchables.          • In Shroud, Premchand shows the duo living in the father-son community of Ghisu and Madhav Chama. The lowest caste among the untouchables. They appear here as villain characters due to the negative screenplay. At the beginning of the story, we see Madhav's wife Budhiya dying after giving birth. They were sitting on the doorstep of their hut, beside a dead fire, spreading boiled potatoes, while

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