Question

What are the main features of the novel ‘Sevasadan’ by Munshi Premchand?

Answer 1

Hint: First of all we need to know who Premchand was. Premchand was an author of short stories and novels who used to write Hindi and Urdu. Most of his work deals with realism and the problems faced by the middle class and the poor.

Complete answer:
Since now we have a clue about Premchand now need to know what his novel Sevasadan was about. The literal meaning of ‘Sevasadan’ is house of service, it was first published in hindi is calcutta in the year of nineteen nineteen.

But what could be features of ‘Sevasadan’ that makes this novel so special? The story is set during the time of the British rule,in the city of Varanasi, earlier known as Benares. It's about a miserable housewife who is boggled away from the way of domestic virtue into turning into a prostitute. She at that point changes herself and makes up by filling in as the chief of a shelter for the youthful girls of prostitutes, the sevasadan.

The fundamental character of this story is a Brahmin woman named Suman who is hitched into a loveless and miserable marriage, on account of her family's social and money related commitments. She leaves this union to become a prostitute, in the "kothas" of the city. But there is a shocking twist in the story. In order to maintain the social morality of the city, the then municipal corporation orders the “kothas” to be shifted outside the city. Suman discovers her social position is making issues with her sister's marriage. She at that point joins to serve a home for widows, and show them religion. At the point when this gets illogical — as additionally a stay with her sister who is hitched to a previous admirer — Suman at last joins as an educator, in a home that houses the children of former courtesans. The house is named Sevasadan

After Knowing the plot of the novel we can figure out that the theme of the novel is the ill treatment of women. It informs us about the evil practices such as dowry and child marriage.
The tale moves from a fiction to a serious reflection on life.

Note: Did you know that Premchand’s real name was Dhanpat Rai Srivastav and Munshi Premchand was his alias. Also Sevasadan’s original was Bazar-e-Husn since it was written in Urdu first and in Hindi later.