Social, Political, and Religious Picture of Contemporary India in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura

Exploring the Social, Political, and Religious Realities of Contemporary India in Raja Rao's Kanthapura

Authors

  • Virender Kumar Gill Assistant Professor of English

Keywords:

social, political, religious, contemporary India, Raja Rao, Kanthapura, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian village, Brahmin, untouchability

Abstract

As R.K.Narayan, a great novelist and story writer of Indo-Anglian Literature depicts Indian sensibility and caste system in most of his novels. Similarly Raja Rao describes social, Political and religious picture of India in his famous novel Kanthapura. He exhibits the significant influence of Mahatma Gandhi on the people of South India. The whole story of the novel presents the reality of Indian village Kanthapura. The novelist also highlights how a Brahmin becomes an outcast among the Brahmin community with his efforts against untouchability

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Published

2014-10-01

How to Cite

[1]
“Social, Political, and Religious Picture of Contemporary India in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura: Exploring the Social, Political, and Religious Realities of Contemporary India in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura”, JASRAE, vol. 8, no. 16, pp. 1–2, Oct. 2014, Accessed: Jul. 23, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5480

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 16 (2014): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“Social, Political, and Religious Picture of Contemporary India in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura: Exploring the Social, Political, and Religious Realities of Contemporary India in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura”, JASRAE, vol. 8, no. 16, pp. 1–2, Oct. 2014, Accessed: Jul. 23, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5480