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Sometimes inspired by an individual, or<br />

by an incident, or a dream, but it is<br />

necessary for me that my stories have<br />

a psychological ground. I always welcome<br />

suggestions of friends, with pleasure.<br />

Madaan : Where do you derive your<br />

characters from?<br />

Premchand : Most of my characters<br />

have been picked from real life, and<br />

have been imperceptibly veiled. Unless<br />

86 :: April-June 2010<br />

a character has some existence in reality,<br />

it remains uncertain like a shadow, and<br />

lacks in assuming convincing force.<br />

Madaan : What’s your style of working?<br />

Whether you write regularly?<br />

Premchand : Unlike Romain Rolland,<br />

I do believe in writing regularly.<br />

Courtesy ‘Nirvachit Kahaniyan’<br />

Ed. by Vikas Naraian Rai<br />

Indranath Madaan; Late professor and Head of Hindi Deptt. in University<br />

of Punjab, He was a leading critic and author of everal books notable<br />

among them being ‘Alochna aur alochna’, ‘Kriti Ki Rah Se’ Kavita<br />

aur Kavita. He encouraged younger authers to writer and was jovial<br />

friend to stalwarts like Hazari Pd. Dwivedi, Mohan Rakesh and Kamleshwar.<br />

He lived in Chandigarh.<br />

Sanjay Dev, born 1964 hails from Jaipur. Has a master’s in English<br />

literature and a bachelor’s in journalism. As a free-lancer, published<br />

in various national dailies. Has 20 years experience in translation.<br />

Works as Editor for Parliament of India. Resides in Delhi.

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