Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using MunshiPremchand.com, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our website.

Purpose of the Website

MunshiPremchand.com is an educational website dedicated to preserving and promoting the literary works of Munshi Premchand (1880-1936). Our mission is to make his writings accessible to readers worldwide and celebrate his contribution to Hindi and Urdu literature.

This website is ad-supported. We display advertisements from third-party networks (such as Google AdSense) and may include affiliate links to help cover the costs of hosting, development, and content digitization. The literary content itself remains freely accessible to all readers.

Copyright and Public Domain

Munshi Premchand passed away in 1936, and his original creative works are in the public domain. However, the digital versions presented on this website involve significant effort and are subject to the following terms:

• Digitized Texts: Many works on this website have been painstakingly digitized by our team from hardcopy books and manuscripts. While Premchand's underlying creative work is public domain, our digitized versions, transcriptions, and compilations represent our original effort and are protected.
• Translations: Any English translations provided are original works and are protected by copyright.
• Website Design: The design, layout, code, and original content of this website are protected by copyright.
• Editorial Content: Introductions, annotations, summaries, and analysis are original works and are copyrighted.
• Metadata & Organization: The categorization, tagging, and organization of works represent our curatorial effort.

Permitted Use

You are permitted to:

• Read and enjoy the literary works for personal, non-commercial use
• Share links to our website
• Quote short excerpts (up to 500 words) with proper attribution to MunshiPremchand.com
• Download works for offline personal reading
• Use content for academic research and educational purposes with attribution

Prohibited Use

You may not:

• Reproduce, republish, or redistribute our digitized texts in bulk without written permission
• Use automated systems (bots, scrapers) to download content
• Create derivative works, apps, or websites using our digitized content without permission
• Reproduce the website design or editorial content without permission
• Remove or obscure attribution to MunshiPremchand.com
• Misrepresent the source of the content
• Use the website for any unlawful or commercial purpose without authorization
• Attempt to interfere with the website's operation

User-Generated Content

If we implement features allowing user contributions (such as comments or notes):

• You retain ownership of your contributions
• You grant us a license to display your contributions on the site
• You are responsible for the content you submit
• We reserve the right to remove inappropriate content

Disclaimer

While we strive for accuracy, the content on this website is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We make reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the literary texts but cannot guarantee that they are free from errors.

Attribution

When sharing or citing content from this website, please use the following attribution:

Source: MunshiPremchand.com - Digital Collection of Munshi Premchand's Works

Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.

Contact

For questions about these terms or to request permission for uses not covered here, please visit our Contact page.