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Title	:	कफ़न
Author	:	Munshi Premchand
Book Format	:	Audiobook
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 7 pages
Published	:	(first published January 1st 2011)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Cultural. India

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Kafan must be one of the best stories in not just in Hindi but world literature. Marcus Garvey truly captures the spirit of Kafan as follows:

"Poverty is a hellish state to be in.
It is no virtue.
It is a crime.
To be poor is

to be hungry without possible hope of food;
to be sick without hope of medicine;
to be tired and sleepy without a place to lay one's head;
to be naked without the hope of clothing;
to be despised and comfortless.

To be poor is to be a fit subject for crime and hell." - Marcus Garvey.

Premchand in this short story shows us the true ugly face of poverty. Poverty dehumanizes human beings. There is not much difference between an animal and poor person.It Robs us of the things which makes us human like compassion, sympathy, self respect, magnanimity, self actualization etc. Maslow also said that if the basic needs are not fulfilled the higher needs remains untouched forget about fulfilling them.

Its a black comedy. Its humor is just a mask to hide the ugly truth which Munshiji wants to convey. It would have been comic if the implications are not so horrible.

But what makes it contender for truly great story of world is that if it leads you to start thinking you will definitely become a better human being.

Some dalit activist in India say that it is too casteist and as the protagonists are from lower caste it shows them in bad light. But i disagree. I think Premchand has the utmost respect for the dalits and he constantly brought out their plight through his writings.

Please read and you will be a changed person.

P.S. I guess Anush Rizvi said that her movie Peepli Live is inspired by Kafan.

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Original Title:	कफ़न
Edition Language:	Hindi

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i want to read this book

This story touch the reality . In my opinion where author conveys that Love,sacrifice has no meaning to them. SAB SE BADA RUPAIYAA means money is everything for them.One should be one to itself....

This makes me want to explore more of Hindi Literature. That's all I'm saying!

The book I read on a single evening! Unputdownable ! The short stories are too good! Each one captures the true spirit of rural India... Like Jim Corbett's "My India" this one too speaks about the lives of simple village people , their basic needs and their simple ways , culminating into unforgettable , heart warming stories . This was the first Premchand book I read and am definitely looking forward to more!

A masterpiece. Prem Chand is at the top of the Urdu/Hindi writers. No match.

"It is a strange ritual which requires a new shroud for one who never had sufficient cloth all her life."Premchand is the best writer in Hindi language. 'Kafan' or 'A Shroud'is a great story showing realities of then poor of the country and sadly true even today. Some of the poor do turn cynic the way the two protigonists did - not so surprising given the hardships poor in general have to suffer through. In fact, it is hard to judge them despite their atitude towards the dying and later dead

Nobody writes better short stories than Munsi Premchand.