Question

summary of Idgah by Premchand in English​

Answer 1

Idgah tells the story of a four-year-old orphan named Hamid who lives with his grandmother Amina. Hamid, the protagonist of the story, has recently lost his parents; however his grandmother tells him that his father has left to earn money,and that his mother has gone to Allah to fetch lovely gifts for him. This fills Hamid with hope, and despite Amina's worry surrounding their poverty and her grandson's well-being, Hamid is a happy and positive child.

The story begins on Eid morning, as Hamid sets out for the Eidgah with other boys from the village. Hamid is notably impoverished next to his friends, poorly dressed and famished-looking, and has only three paise as Idi for the festival. The other boys spend their pocket money on rides, candies and beautiful clay toys, and tease Hamid when he dismisses this as a waste of money for momentary pleasure. While his friends are enjoying themselves, he overcomes his temptation and goes to a hardware shop to buy a pair of tongs, remembering how his grandmother burns her fingers while cooking rotis.

As they return to the village Hamid's friends tease him for his purchase, extolling the virtues of their toys over his tongs. Hamid retorts with several clever arguments and before long his friends become more enamoured with the tongs than their own playthings, even offering to trade their items for his, which Hamid refuses. The story ends on a touching note when Hamid gifts the tongs to his grandmother. At first she scolds him for making the purchase, rather than buying something to eat or drink at the fair, until Hamid reminds her of how she burns her fingers daily. She bursts into tears at this and blesses him for his kindness.

Answer 2

summary of Idgah by Premchand

1. this is the most heart touching stories written by Premchand.
2. the main character of this story is Hamid who lives with her grandmother Amina. he was an orphan who lost his parents recently.
3. Hamid went to Idgah , a fair that was set up in the village during Eid.
4. Hamid unlike other children who bought toys , candies with their money, bought tongs for her grand mother.
5. on seeing this, his grandmother scolded him for not buying toys or chocolates like other children.
6. when Hamid says that she burns her hand everyday while making roti and he bought those tongs so that she could use them instead. hearing this, she burst into tears realizing his kindness.