Roopkumari lives a happy and contented life with her husband and two children in their small middleclass home…

…until the day she runs into her younger sister, Ramdulari, whose sudden rise in fortune leaves her feeling bitter and dismayed. Envious of her sister’s success, Roopkumari finds herself yearning for a life of luxury and ruing her husband’s inability to provide the same.

A short story that lays bare the rampant greed and corruption in society, and the moral and human cost of feeding our insatiable hunger for money.

An English language translation of Do Behenein, a short story by Munshi Premchand, the celebrated author of Indian classics such as Gaban, Godaan, and Nirmala.