Eidgah & The Salt Inspector: Classic Indian Stories

About the Book

TIMELESS NARRATIVES BY INDIAN LITERARY MAESTRO MUNSHI PREMCHAND COME ALIVE IN A CONTEMPORARY COMIC VERSION.

The book is a compilation of two short stories in comic format.

EIDGAH Four-year-old Hamid says goodbye to his grandmother and sets out with his friends to have fun at the village fair, on Eid. But he finds himself faced with a moral dilemma there. A powerful and moving story of sacrifice and love.

THE SALT INSPECTOR Vanshidhar, a young man of unwavering integrity, resists every temptation as he combats the illegal salt trade in British India. A memorable story for all ages.

About the Series

Rediscover the giants of Indian literature in a whole new way. These contemporary graphic narratives breathe new life into the great classics, bringing them alive in full colour with compelling visuals and a fresh format. A must-read for graphic novel enthusiasts and lovers of classic fiction.

About the Author

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (1880-1936), better known as Munshi Premchand or Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi/Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of the first authors to write about caste hierarchies and the plight of women and labourers prevalent in the society. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He began writing under the pen name ‘Nawab Rai’, but subsequently switched to ‘Premchand’. He published his first collection of five short stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-e-Watan (Voice of the Nation). His body of work include more than a dozen novels, around 300 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi