Question

Summary of thakur ka kuan by premchand

Answer 1

In many ways the story has become dated. The rural India has undergone tremendous changes. The caste relations have become more horizontal and less vertical, though caste identities have sharpened with the rising political consciousness across the castes. New horizontal caste combinations and alliances are emerging to negotiate a space in the political power structure. Feudalism has been on the decline. Yet the important features of feudal India that Prem Chand portrays in this story still persist in the new and changing India. Exclusion and discrimination on the basis of caste are still endemic, and self-assertion by the lower castes often leads to violent retribution by the upper castes in many parts of the country, which goes unpunished by the state still heavily biased in favour of the upper castes, though with some exceptions. Women still remain at the receiving end because the society continues to be strongly patriarchal. And the rural rich and powerful, successors to the lost feudal world, are able to manipulate the state administration through connections, bribery, chicanery, and, above all, political clout.

Answer 2

Thakur's well summary in English