Gaban by Munshi Premchand

     Gaban by Munshi Premchand

Gaban is a Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand, written in 1931. Through this novel, he try to show the declining moral values among lower middle class Indian youth in the era of British India, and to what height a person can get to, to reach the world of elite class,and uphold the false image as a rich person. The novel is a broad examination of centre class insincerity and weakness especially among men.Premchand paints in rich shades of grey unlike the bulk of the cinema of the time.By complementary the relatively higher moral ground busy by a low-caste character called Devideen , with Ramaa’s many weaknesses, he seems to be making a comment about the petit bourgeoisie of the time .This is also a novel about the inherent strength of women and how a faulty understanding of their psyche and considering them as mere objects, lead to the downfall of Indian society.