The second crucial marker is Karuna (करुणा) or compassion. No index of Hridayam is complete without Munshi Premchand. In stories like Poos Ki Raat and Kafan , the index points to a heart that bleeds for the poor. Premchand’s Hridayam does not sentimentalize suffering; instead, it uses empathy as a tool for social reform. For a student of Hindi literature, this chapter of the index argues that a developed heart is one that feels the pain of others as its own. This is the heart that asks: "Doosron ka dard mera dard kyun nahi?" (Why is another’s pain not my pain?)