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| title_orig = परीक्षागुरू<br />
| name = Pariksha Guru<br />
| image = Parikshaguru second imprint.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250<br />
| border = yes<br />
| alt = This is the title page of second edition<br />
| caption = Title page of the second edition<br />
| author = Lala Srinivas Das<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| orig_lang_code = hi<br />
| genre = [[Novel]]<br />
| published = 25 November 1882<br />
| pages = 309<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])<br />
| native_wikisource = परीक्षा गुरु<br />
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'''''Pariksha Guru''''' is a novel in [[Hindi]]. It was written by Lala Srinivas Das and was published in 1882. It was reprinted in 1974 with an introduction by Ramdaras Mishra.<ref name="Kalsi1992">{{cite journal|last=Kalsi|first=A. S.|title=Parīkṣāguru (1882): The First Hindi Novel and the Hindu Elite|journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]]|date=October 1992|volume=26|issue=4|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=769|jstor=312939}} {{closed access}}</ref><br />
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==About==<br />
''Pariksha Guru'' was the first modern Hindi novel. It cautioned young men of well-to-do families against the dangerous influence of bad company and consequent loose morals. ''Pariksha Guru'' reflects the inner and outer world of the newly emerging Middle class. The characters are caught in the difficulty of adapting to [[Colonial India|colonial society]] while preserving their [[cultural identity]]. Although it was apparently written purely for the 'pleasure of reading'. The world of colonial modernity seems both frightening and irresistible. <br />
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The novel tries to teach the reader the 'right way' of living and expects all sensible men to be worldly wise and practical, to remain rooted in the values of their own tradition and culture, and to live with dignity and honor. The characters attempt to bridge two different worlds through their actions; they take to new agricultural technology, modernize trading practices, change the use of [[Languages of India|Indian languages]] making them capable of adopting both Western sciences and Indian wisdom. The young are urged to cultivate the healthy habit of reading [[Newspaper|newspapers]]. All this must be achieved without sacrificing [[Social conservatism|traditional values]].<br />
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== Adaptation ==<br />
''Pariksha Guru'', a television show based on the novel was broadcast on [[Doordarshan]]'s [[DD National]], the Indian national public broadcaster, and was scripted by writer Amit Kumar.<ref>{{Citation|last=DD National|title=Pariksha Guru - EP 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0mFtH4yXF0|language=en|access-date=2021-04-29}}</ref><br />
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