Mulk Raj Anand was a distinguished writer‚ critic‚ editor‚ journalist and political activist. Born into the Kshatriya (warrior) caste in the Punjabi city of Peshawar‚ he was educated at cantonment schools before completing a degree at the University of Punjab‚ Amritsar‚ where his involvement in the 1921 Civil Disobedience campaign against the British resulted in a short period of imprisonment. He was just nineteen years old when he left India for England on a scholarship to mark the silver wedding
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CONTRIBUTION OF MULK RAJ ANAND. “If Indo-Anglian novel as secured a place of prestige‚ it is mainly the result of the of the contribution of the leading writers like Anand‚ Narayan and Raja Rao. Each of them has contributed in his own way to the rich thought and technique of the poem. If Raja Rao has virtually ‘indianized’ English in his narrative‚ Narayan forte is his genial ironic comedy‚ whereas Anand’s strength lies in the pathos of the lives of his characters.” Mulk Raj Anand was born in
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Critical Analysis The story ‘The Lost Child’ is very emotional. The author Mulk Raj Anand has brought before us the bustling and fervent movements during the festive season in a village. The setting is a village street where the seasonal fair was going on during spring with groves and flowering mustard field near the street. The story dates back sometime before the contemporary period. There were people riding on horses on roads and others sitting and carried in the bamboo and bullock carts.
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Mulk Raj Anand has always been a socially responsible writer and till his last breath. In his last write-up which happened to be published on the day of his demise 12th December 2004‚ he tried to awaken us about the effect of modern science on man that man has turned into a specialized robot having no concern for arts. This shows that how concerned he was with the human conditions and its problems and it remained with him till his last breath. If we talk about his youth years he was a kind of person
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UNION * Dr. Padamwar U. D. Mulk Raj Anand is one of the most prolific of contemporary Indo-English writers‚ he has made a significant contribution both to the novel and short story. His short stories shares a thematic colouring of his fiction. Anand has truly shared the feelings of untouchables‚ poor‚ downtrodden and marginal. He searches for meaning in life. He reacts against the age old concept of caste in India which symbolizes inhuman classification of people. Anand enables his protagonist‚ think
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Indian lit. in english paper The Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand Mulk Raj Anand‚ one of the most highly regarded Indian novelists writing in English‚ was born in Peshawar in 1905. He was educated at the universities of Lahore‚ London and Cambridge‚ and lived in England for many years‚ finally settling in a village in Western India after the war. His main concern has always been for "the creatures in the lower depths of Indian society who once were men and women: the rejected‚ who has no way to articulate
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Jimmie Thomas comes under the category of those of Englishman who stand as the symbol for the colonial exploitation. He is a cruel and hideous character. Anand has shown that Colonial powers were oppressive and people the Jimmie considered Indians as slaves to earn profits from them and to suck their blood but‚ their inhumane behavior was the ultimate reason which awakened the souls of poor and negligent Indian. We can see this happening in the novel through the wrestlers like Ratan; who have the
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A conversation with Anita Desai‚ and some notes on her work [Statutory warning: long‚ bifurcated post – some thoughts on Anita Desai’s writing followed by a Q&A. Apologies in case there’s some overlapping between the two elements. I wrote it as a flowing piece - a profile-cum-interview - for Business Standard Weekend but since there isn’t a word-constraint here I prefer to spread it out and play with the format.] Long before the publication of Midnight’s Children brought alive new possibilities
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Mulk Raj Anand is a productive essayist. He is a point of reference of Indian writing in English. He is the main writer writing in English to pick as his crude materials the low class life of the discouraged Indian masses. He doesn’t falter to turn the surge light on the darkest spots in India life. In his books‚ he depicts the bound existences of the less wealthy and underestimated. His heroes are sweeper‚ a coolie‚ a worker‚ delicate and quiet young lady are all casualties of abuse‚ class-scorn
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Exploitation of Teenagers as Reflected in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable and Coolie Our Indian society is far better than the rest of the universe from the point of view of culture as well as conventions and ways of living but on the other side‚ if we glance into our society‚ it has many social and political and economical evils such as bride burning‚ dowry system and dowry death‚ corruption in educational system‚ problem of illiteracy in India‚ domestic violence‚ communalism‚ injustice
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