Question

What are the main features of novel ‘Sevasadan’ written by Munshi Premchand?

Answer 1

i) Premchand had picked up the lives of ordinary people and certain social issues and depicted them in his novel Sevasadan.

ii) Sevasadan deals mainly with the poor conditions of women in society. Issues like child marriage and dowry are woven in the story of the novel.

iii) It also tells us about the ways in which the Indian upper classes used whatever little opportunities they got from colonial authorities to govern themselves.