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Coolie is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand first published in 1936. [1] The second book written by Mulk Raj Anand, Coolie reinforced his position as one of India's leading English authors. [ 2 ] The book is highly critical of British rule in India and India's caste system . [ 3 ]
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan , Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao , was one of the first India-based writers in English to ...
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Private Life of an Indian Prince by Mulk Raj Anand (1970); [14] The Trilogy comprising The Village , Across the Black Waters and The Sword and the Sickle by Mulk Raj Anand (2016). [ 15 ]
Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors. [1] The book was inspired by his aunt's experience of being ostracized for sharing a meal with a Muslim woman. [2] [3] The plot of this book, Anand's first, revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste ...
Two Leaves and a Bud is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand first published in 1937. [1] Like his other novels, this one also deals with the topic of oppression of the poor, and is about a peasant who tries to protect his daughter from a British soldier. [2] The story is based in the tea plantations of Assam.
In 1935, he and novelist Mulk Raj Anand went to Paris to attend the International Congress for Defense of Culture organised by André Gide. Influenced by the conference he established the Indian Progressive Writers' Association in London. [5] The first conference of the association was held on 9 and 10 April 1936.
The Private Life of an Indian Prince is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand first published in 1953. [1] The book is classified as one of Anand's most impressive and important works. [2] In keeping with his other writings dealing with the topic of social and political reform, this book deals with the abolition of the princely states system in India. [3]