FAITH OF THE PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES AS OPPOSED TO MODERN COURTS (MUNSHI PREMCHAND’S ‘PANCH PARMESHWAR’)
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Munshi Premchand (1880-1936) belongs to the literary culture and tradition of two languages, namely Urdu and Hindi and pioneered modern fiction writing in them. He has been the epic writer of social realism, etching the Indian countryside of villages and small towns in his fiction in such intense and arresting details that they became a pioneering mode of representation of the spaces unrepresented earlier in Hindu-Urdu fiction. His novels and short stories project different aspirations of society. Panch Parmeshwar is one such short story of Premchand which brings out the fibre of twisted friendship among two best friends who gradually turn into foes. Premchand has not only reflected the variations in relations but also has tried to reflect the underlying notion of friendship; whether Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh. Friendship is unconditional and unbiased and free like the spirit. The story reflected how ideally justice is above all whether it comes to friendship or any relationship. Dispensing fair justice has always been a sensitive issue which is really not an easy task for one. The one sitting on the ‘Judgment Seat’ cannot be subjective and biased. An ideal judge is always objective. The faith of people in the position of Surpanch to deliver justice rising above all greed and human frailties echoes as the paramount voice of the story.
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KUM KUM RAY, SRASHTI SRIVASTAVA
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