Pratigya  (Hardcover, Munshi Prem Chand)

The novel ‘Pratigya’ is a live depiction of the compulsions and destiny of an Indian woman living suffocating in adverse circumstances. Widower Amritrai, the hero of ‘Pratigya’, wants to marry a widow so that the life of a young woman is not destroyed. Poorna the heroin is an unsupported widow. The hungry wolves of the society want to destroy its accumulation. In the novel, Premchand has presented the widow problem in a new form and has also suggested an alternative.