Being an ardent reader, he had several influences which he used in telling stories,” Rai said while speaking at Jashn-e-Rekhta, a festival celebrating Urdu language.
Author and former JNU professor, Manager Pandey said extensive use of idioms was unique to Premchand’s writings.
“He adopted an extensive use of idioms in most of his stories. The best thing about Premchand was that he was a social writer and expressed himself in a language that people could easily understand. He touched different castes, cultures as well as religions and catered to everybody,” Manager said.
