<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">President Ram Nath Kovind paid tribute to noted Hindi writerMunshi Premchand on his 138th birth anniversary today. <br />''<br />''In a tweet, thepresident described Premchand as a fine writer and novelist. Mr Kovind said,his poignant stories centred on farmers, the poor and the extraordinaryemotions of ordinary people.</span><br />''  <br />