Saturday, 31 December 2016

Kanthapura

     Raja Rao's first novel Kanthapura written in 1938. It is story about the south indian village Kanthapura. There are many major characters in the novel like,

    Moorthy,
    Achakka
    Bada Khan,
    Bhatta,
    Ratna,
    Mr. Skeffington
    Rangamm etc.


  Moorthy is a main protagonist of the novel. He influenced by Gandhi and living like him and believing in thoughts like khaddi, non violence, truth, etc. There are many issues regarding village we can see in it like caste discrimination, poverty, blind faith, etc.

     Thus, it is about their fight for independence. As Mahatma Gandhi were doing.


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