The Interminable Suffering and Physical and Mental Anguish of the Untouchables in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable

Authors

  • Dr. Seemen Mahmood Assistant Professor, I.E.H.E. Bhopal
  • K. Shiny Antony Assistant Professor, B.S.S.S Bhopal

Keywords:

Discrimination, Untouchable, Bakha, Suffering

Abstract

Untouchable is Mulk Raj Anand's first novel and it brought him an enormous reputation and position. This novel illustrates a realistic depiction of society. In this novel, Anand has exposed an image of an untouchable who is a sweeper boy. This character is an agent of all down trodden people in pre-independence of India. With Bakha, the central character, there are other characters who also suffer because of their lower caste. The present paper of me is concerned with the evils of untouchability and the need for innate empathy.

References

Anand, Mulk Raj. Untouchable. Pune: Mehta Publishing House, 2003.

Berry, Margaret. Mulk Raj Anand: The Man and the Novelist. Amsterdam, Oriental Press 1971.

Kurmananadhan. The Novels of Dr. Mulk Raj Anand. Triveni, October 1954.

Robertson, R.T. “Untouchable as an Archetypal Novel”. Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 2.1 (Spring 1977).

Verma, K.D. The Indian Imagination: Critical Essays on Indian writing in English. New Delhi: Macmillan, 2000.

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Published

01.07.2016

How to Cite

Seemen Mahmood, & K. Shiny Antony. (2016). The Interminable Suffering and Physical and Mental Anguish of the Untouchables in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 7(3), 4–7. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/334

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2016): July

Section

Research Articles

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