दो बैलों की कथा व अन्य कहानियां

by Munshi Premchand

प्रस्तुत कहानी में लेखक ने मनुष्य तथा पशु के भावनात्मक सम्बन्धों को हीरा और मोती दो बैलों के माध्यम से व्यक्त किया है। झूरी नामक किसान के पास हीरा और मोती नाम के दो बैल हैं जिससे वे बहुत प्यार करता है इस प्यार को पाकर हीरा और मोती अपने मालिक झूरी को छोड़कर कहीं अन्यत्र नहीं रहना चाहते हैं। इससे यह सीख मिलती है कि पशु भी स्नेह का भूखा होता है।

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Munshi Premchand (Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent,and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.

Born Dhanpat Rai, he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to "Premchand", while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers. His works include more than a dozen novels, around 250 short stories, several essays and translations of a number of foreign literary works into Hindi.

Premchand is considered the first Hindi author whose writings prominently featured realism. His novels describe the problems of the poor and the urban middle-class. His works depict a rationalistic outlook, which views religious values as something that allows the powerful hypocrites to exploit the weak. He used literature for the purpose of arousing public awareness about national and social issues and often wrote about topics related to corruption, child widowhood, prostitution, feudal system, poverty, colonialism and on the India's freedom movement.

Several of his early works, such as A Little Trick and A Moral Victory, satirised the Indians who cooperated with the British colonial government.

In the 1920s, he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement and the accompanying struggle for social reform. During this period, his works dealt with the social issues such as poverty, zamindari exploitation (Premashram, 1922), dowry system (Nirmala, 1925), educational reform and political oppression (Karmabhumi, 1931).

In his last days, he focused on village life as a stage for complex drama, as seen in his most famous work Godan as well as the short-story collection Kafan (1936).Premchand believed that social realism was the way for Hindi literature, as opposed to the "feminine quality", tenderness and emotion of the contemporary Bengali literature.

Reviews

[Srivani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a pretty cute little story. I am glad they got back home safely.

[Rajan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is also written by Munshi Prem Chand. It underlines the feelings and sensibilities of animals. The story tells about the friendship of two oxen Heera and moti who love each other and are committed to live together. They also love their owner very much. Once he sends them to his relative for work. But they do not get the same affection and they return to their owner's place.

[Sumeet Mahendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite, read when I was in Standard VI, a beautiful fable with
valuable lesson.

[Saurabh Pandey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A work by the man who has given us extraordinary literature based on the village. The names of the character will make you smile each time you read their name. This book is about an emotional connection which two animals share and the way they care for each other, on the other hand, we as a human have left humanity behind and is always behind the materialistic things,
A must-read for anyone who wants to read Hindi Literature.

[Prashant Gupta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't know how many times I've read this. Still everytime it's fresh somehow.

[Brijendra Kumar]

Read during my primary education and loved it

[Pankaj · Rating 3 out of 5]

simple old indian.
good read.

[Hasan Abidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

मेरे स्कूल के समय की एक बेहतरीन कहानी! यह कहानी हमें जो संदेश देती है वह वास्तव में बहुत अच्छा है!

[Kartikey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heera-Moti > half of y’all’s friendships 🐂

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do Bailon ki Jodi by Prem Chand - Prem Chand is a renouned storyletter and novelist of Hindi Literature. His stories relate to rural agrarian British India where agriculture is the primary means of living for people. Hira and Moti are a pair of bullock of a farmer. They have a mutal understanding and work together sharing the burden whether it is carrying load from one place to another or sowiing seeds in fields or completing work related to harvestomg of crop. One day the owner sent his bullocks with his brother in law to another village where his borther in law resided. The bullocks did not like beeing shifted from their place of loving residence. They resisted movement and created difficulty in being led to the village but they remembered the road in their mind. After reaching the new place, the owner did not provide them dry grass which they did not relish. In the night, they broke the ropes and returned back to their owner's village residence. The owner was happy, he embraced and kissed them. It was the first ocassion when bullocks had travelled back on their own. After some days, the owner again sent the bullocks with his brother in law. Hira and Moti were averse but went and worked in the field but resisted. New owner bet them. One partner said to another, let us teach them a lesson for which the other refused. More villagers gathered and they were lad back to the house. Here again dry grass was given to eat. The owner had remarried and had one daughter from the first marriage. She came and touched them with love and gave a wheat bread to eat. They stayed for some days and decided to chew the thick rope so that it gets weakened and can be broken by opposite pull force. But the girl, opened their ropes so that they can run away. Some one came and the girl shouted that the bulls are running away. The bulls ran together without knowing the direction. The followers could not trace them. They entered a field and ate to their full. Just then a fat bull attached them . They jointly attacked the bull from either side and felled him. Their was lot of hue and cry, people came and both bulls were sent to animal warehouse. Here got noting to eat only water to drink two times a day. There were many domestic animals in the jail including asses. All animals were tied with ropes. One bull broke the rope and hit the mud wall of the dungeon and broke it. All bulls ran away. The donkeys also hit by the bulls and they also ran away. Another bull was tied with a thick rope which could not be broken so his partner also stayed back. In the morning, the dungeon officer decided to sell the bulls as unclaimed cattle. One meat dealer bought them and took them towards his residence. The bulls found that the road was a known one and it lead to their former owner's house. They ran towards the owner's house and stood there. The owner came and saw his bulls and his neighbors gathered. The purchaser claimed that he had purchased the bulls in auction. The bulls ran after him and made his run for fear of his life. Their owner brought them back to their place, patted them with love and gave them fresh grass. Domestic animals also want love and touch of human feelings. It is a classic story on Indian way of life. It is a must read for all. The Book has been in syllabus Hindi subject for lower classes.