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VOL. 7, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Reflections of gandhian ideologies; Nationalism, spirituality and unity in british colonial India: A study of kanthapura, novel by Raja Rao
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Sandip C Kurkute
Abstract
This paper aims at exploring the typical human psyche that is the sense of realization of slavery and how it instigates human being to prepare a ground to revolt against the established tyranny giving exposure to nationalism, spirituality and unity as presented by the novelist. The novel ‘Kanthapura' was written and published during colonial period. ‘Colonialism means the maintenance of political, social, economic and cultural domination over the people by the foreign power’. The genre novel in the cotemporary period in general and Kanthapura in particular plays a pivotal role in inculcating the trinity viz. nationalism, spirituality and unity among the Indian masses. Raja Rao, through the medium of Moorthy, shows extraordinary zeal in uniting the people by propagating the tenets of Gandhiji's truth, honesty, spirituality, non-violence, spinning of yarn and commitment to the nation. It is well said that ‘Silence of good people is more dangerous than the violence of bad people’. Hence, it was pertinent that British could rule till India wished. The novelist deliberately depicted a small village Kanthapura to point out how the period of 1930 was preparing the ground for the Indian National Freedom Movement which had reached out to the commonest of the common.
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Pages:13-16
How to cite this article:
Sandip C Kurkute "Reflections of gandhian ideologies; Nationalism, spirituality and unity in british colonial India: A study of <em>kanthapura</em>, novel by Raja Rao ". International Journal of English Research, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 13-16
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