and everyone was effected by the blow of this even poetry, drama and novel too. So Anand could not stay uninfluenced by it. He suffered a lot so this made him abhorrence imperialism. He was conscious of the sufferings of our community from dearth and nastiness. No one in India had yet written the classic on this suffering effectively because the realities were too rudimentary for a writer like Tagore. Mulk Raj Anand an immense Indian novelist draws our consideration through his immortal characters
lived for a while near a plantation in Assam and visited Ceylon. And saw the inhumanity and barbarism prevalent there, with the consequent dehumanization of the colonials involved in the process" (Anand, Mulk, Raj. www.lanuageinindia.com/aug2014/ sulochanatwoleavesfinal.Web.13 Nov 2014). The novel opens with Gangu's arrival at the tea-estate with a thought in his mind that 'life is the journey'. However, for Gangu 'the journey' is not a bed of roses. It is a have-not’s journey of life bond to many
modernism. Anand was a socially commited novelist, through his novels he has very strongly made Indians try to understand those traditional vices which are biggest hurdles of India becoming modern. Layers of oppressions, humiliation and economic disparity burdened Indian society so much that British colonialism seemed to be lesser factor in India’s progress rather than own Indian internal colonialism. From his works he has always tried to educate Indians to forcing their consciousness to think
dirge with a fictional veneer. The protagonist Nur cries out in a seemingly dejected mood as most of the have-nots do. "Why did they drag me into the dust by making me? Master of Arts?" (George, C, J. cited Anand, Mulk Raj.1994.books.google.co.in/ books?i sbn817164453.Web.13Jun.2013). He is trapped in the life-and-death predicament. His marriage adds fuel to the fire. He is thrown into the state of anxiety which affects his health adversely. He contracts dreadful consumption and ultimately succumbs
the others. The untouchables are more definite. In north India only a very small number, doing scavenging or unclean work is considered untouchables. Fa-Hein tells us that when he visited the persons who removed human faces were untouchables. In south India, the numbers are much larger. How they began and grew to such numbers it is difficult to say. Probably those who were engaged in occupations considered unclean were so treated later landless agricultural labours may have been added" (Sharma, Nehru
As is Bakha of Untouchable, Munoo is a passive character who is always acted upon. What is common between Bakha and Munoo is their active warm-heartedness, their sense of gratitude for the least show of kindness and particularly their desire to emulate the sahibs. But Munoo is more attractive of the two and his attractiveness owes itself to his curiosity and zest for life. But he could not attain the status of a tragic hero. With his death, nothing but his zest for life is lost. But we can’t help
Language in Indian Writing in English I am here to present on the topic ‘Language in Indian Writing in English’. Basically I will be talking about the usage of language, the writing style, of blending language and culture and my analysis of it in the text - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. The story of the Indian English novel is really the story of a changing India. There was a time when education was a rare opportunity and speaking English was unnecessary. The stories were already there-