Goyee ( Porridge) written by Prem Parkash is the story of a man torn between filial love and spousal duty. Goyee is a gruelly porridge traditionally made out of wheat flour, ghee, sugar and water. What role does this dish play in the short story? Listen to discover !

About the author (updated on 30 March-2025) PREM PARKASH(Nawãn Shaher near Kharar, Dist Ambala; 1932 - Jalandhar 30 March 2025)Indian Sahitya Akademi award-winner (1992) Prem Parkash was one of the major short story writers in post-1947 East Punjabi literature.He did MA in Urdu and diploma in journalism from Panjab University Chandigarh in 1966 and worked as a sub-editor in Urdu newspapers Milap and Hind Samachar published from Jalandhar where lived since 1954. He published Lakeer a literary magazine for many years.Apart from memoirs, he published several collections and a short novel Dastavez written on Naxalite maoist movement in East Punjab from the Freudian perspective.His selected stories in English translation were published in the book Deadline and other Stories (2005). (description from Kitab Trinjan)He has been a farmer, a school teacher, editor of newspapers, and a founder of a literary magazine.

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