ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION I [BELH 0001] 2020

SEMESTER: ODD MODULE: I

UNIT 6 – READING SKILL

Reference(s): English for Engineers - Shyam Ji Dubey, Manish Kumar & Shreesh Chaudhary (Vikas Pub.)

Sub-topics – ‘Thakur’s Well’ by Munshi Premchand

Analysis of facts

1. Munshi Premchand is one of the
celebrated authors of Hindi literature. He
is well known for his novel Godaan.
However, he rose to prominence first
through Bengali literature.
9. In the evening she hid in the bushes
waiting for the people to desert the places
surrounding the well.
10. She remembered how poor Mangu was
beaten up by the upper castes.

11. Gangi felt sad regarding her doomed fate

2. In the short story ‘Thakur’s Well’,
Premchand has penned some of the basic
problems of our Indian society like rich-
poor divide, discrimination in rights and
casteism.
as she knew that life for her had become a
waking nightmare from the first day.
12. Later, Gangi hurled the bucket into the
water and drew it up bit by bit.

13. Suddenly, someone came out of the

3. Jokhu and Gangi are couples of the Thakur’s house and the event made Gangi
oppressed section of the society. run for her life.

4. One evening, Jokhu was ill and thirsty.
When he tried to drink water, he found the
water undrinkable. It was emanating a foul
smell indicating the water was polluted.
14. She knew she won’t be spared if she was
caught.
15. When she reached home, she discovered
Jokhu drinking the stinking water.

5. Gangi decided to fetch water from the

Thakur’s well who was possibly the 16. Jokhu’s drinking of the foul water was a
zamindar of the village and had the power symbolic acceptance of fate and reality
handlers supporting him. which Gangi was not ready to accept.

6. There was the shopkeeper’s well as well.

7. But the downtrodden castes were

forbidden to fetch water there.

8. Jokhu warned Gangi, but Gangi knew the

Thakur’s well was her only option.

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