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{{Short description|1944 Urdu novel by Naseem Hijazi}}
{{Infobox book
| image =
| author = [[Naseem Hijazi]]
| isbn = 978-9646284944
| pub_date =
| name = Insaan Aur Devta
| language = [[Urdu]]
| country = [[British India]] and [[Pakistan]]
| genre = [[Novel]]
| published = 1944 (first edition)
| publisher =
| media_type = [[Hardcover]]
| set_in = Ancient India
| pages = 388
}}

'''''Insaan Aur Devta''''' (Eng: Man and Gods) is a 1944 Urdu novel by [[Naseem Hijazi]]. Set in some time in [[Ancient India]], the novel depicts the strange relationship between human beings and their [[Hindu deities|gods]] and the cruelties of the prevailing [[caste system]].<ref name="daily jang">{{cite news |last1=Ghouri |first1=Muhammad Bilal |title=انسان اور دیوتا |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1116756 |work=Daily Jang |date=28 July 2022 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name="mazameen">{{cite web |title=نسیم حجازی کی ناول نگاری (آخری قسط) |url=https://mazameen.com/literature/other-prose/%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%B7.html |website=Mazameen.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325082121/https://mazameen.com/literature/other-prose/%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%B7.html |archive-date=25 March 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Samīʻuzzamān̲ |first1=Nuzhat |title=Urdū adab men̲ tārīk̲h̲ī nāvil kā irtiqāʼ |date=1982 |page=166, 168 |url=https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Urd%C5%AB_adab_men%CC%B2_t%C4%81r%C4%ABk%CC%B2h%CC%B2%C4%AB_n%C4%81vil_k/ARouAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%20%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%20%20%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%20%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C |language=ur}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raja's general ''Sukhdev'' who crosses the river, determined to demolish settlements of the low caste people, but is affected by their kindness. He was born with the ideas that the low caste [[Shudra]] are worse than animals but he falls in love with a low cast girl ''Kanwal'' from that settlement. Both of them escape and start living in a village of shepherds on the bank of [[Ravi River|Ravi]]. ''Ramu'', the new chief of the village, who is a very clever person, one day comes up with the idea that there is a difference between gods and goddesses, between the low castes and the high society. They have powerful gods that they worship. These gods teach them the lesson of [[untouchability]]. Because of their teachings, [[Brahmins]] treat us with hatred, take away our lands, and oppress us. If we create our own gods then gradually they will also start fearing our gods. We will make these upper castes untouchable, we will treat them the same way they have been doing to us, and when all this is done in the name of goddesses and gods, no one will be able to oppose it. Sukhdev doesn't like Ramu's idea but his son also falls in love with an upper-cast city girl. The story ends with disclosure of Sukhdev's identity as a member of a higher cast family.<ref name="daily jang" />

==History of publication==
The first part of ''Insaan Aur Devta'' was written in 1940. Later, the novel was completed in 1944.<ref name="daily jasarat">{{cite news |title=بلند پایہ مورخ و ناول نگار،نسیم حجازی |url=https://www.jasarat.com/sunday/2021/06/13/283310/ |work=Daily Jasarat |date=13 June 2021 |language=ur}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11200774/ goodreads]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Insaan-Aur-Devta/dp/9646284949/ Amazon]

[[Category:Urdu-language literature]]
[[Category:Historical novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Naseem Hijazi]]
[[Category:Urdu-language novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in ancient India]]

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