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  2. Idgah (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The story appears in Indian textbooks, and its adaptions also appear in moral education books such as The Joy of Living. [5] The story has been adapted into several plays and other performances. Asi-Te-Karave Yied (2008) is a Kashmiri adaption of the story by Shehjar Children's Theatre Group, Srinagar. [6]

  3. Malgudi Days (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    A story about The Talkative Man, a recurring character in several short stories. Some hunters bring a dead tiger into town, and The Talkative Man tells a story to some children. When he was a fertilizer salesman, he stayed in a tiny village overnight in their train station. He left the door cracked because it got too hot to sleep.

  4. Vetala Panchavimshati - Wikipedia

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    This was a popular work that played an early role in the development of Literary Hindi and was selected as a Hindustani test-book for military service students in the East India Company. [12] Thus it became the basis of several Hindi editions, and Indian vernacular and English translations; many of these frequently reprinted.

  5. The Blue Jackal - Wikipedia

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    The story of the Blue Jackal known through oral transmission doesn't vary much from one part of India to another. Although the creature is known variously as Chandru, Neelaakanth or Neela Gidhar (literally, Blue Jackal).

  6. Godaan - Wikipedia

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    Godaan is regarded as an enduring Hindi-language cult-classic work by Premchand [7]. Like his other novels, Godaan too depicts the social struggles of the lower class. Godaan was made into a Hindi film in 1963, starring Raaj Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Mehmood and Shashikala. In 2004, Godaan was part of the 27-episode TV series, Tehreer....

  7. Vikram Aur Betaal - Wikipedia

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    The second man married Dhanwati out of his greed, while the king due to his moral duty gave them shelter. So, the son must perform the rituals of the first man. 13 "The Giant and the Brave Boy" Vijay Arora as the King Rajni Bala as the Boy's Mother Deepika as the Queen Lilliput as the Boy's Father Sameer Rajda as the Brave Boy Shamsuddin as the ...

  8. Gaban (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Gaban (Hindi: ग़बन, Urdu: غبن, lit. 'embezzlement') is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand, published by Saraswati Press in 1931. [1] Through this novel, he tries to show "the falling moral values among lower middle class Indian youth in the era of British India", and to what depths a person can descend to, to become a pseudo-elite, and maintain a false image as a rich person. [2]

  9. Nirmala (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Nirmala [a] is a Hindi novel written by Indian writer Munshi Premchand. The melodramatic novel is centered on Nirmala, a young girl who was forced to marry a widower of her father's age. The plot unfolds to reveal her husband's suspicion of a relationship between her and his eldest son, a suspicion that leads to the son's death.