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Kshamadan| Tolstoy's story translation Premchand | क्षमादान लेव तोलस्तोय की कहानी | अनुवाद: प्रेमचंद
What would two great writers from history talk about if they were to meet? We may not find that out, but when one translates the works of the other, what is evident is a sense of common concern, a shared worldview and a hat tip to the greatness of the other.
When Premchand translated works of Leo Tolstoy, he didn’t just use his vast and rich vocabulary to retell the great Russian’s work in Hindustani, he took the story and drew its essence in a way that the story became Indian.
Incidentally, if you listen carefully you’ll recognize another work or two that may have been inspired by the…
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