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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 ...
[1] [2] [3] He became known for his protest novel Untouchable (1935), which was followed by other works on the Indian poor such as Coolie (1936) and Two Leaves and a Bud (1937). [4] He is also noted for being among the first writers to incorporate Punjabi and Hindustani idioms into English, [ 5 ] and was a recipient of the civilian honour of ...
Untouchable, UK title of the French feature film The Intouchables (2011) Untouchable (2019 film) , a documentary about the film producer Harvey Weinstein The Untouchable (film) , a 2006 feature film directed by Benoît Jacquot
Eleanor Zelliot (October 7, 1926 – June 5, 2016) was an American writer, professor of Carleton College [1] [2] and specialist on the India, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, women of Asia, Untouchables, and social movements.
7.26.2021: I've added a section on some of the debates surrounding the novel within critical scholarship (e.g., representations of the dalit community and of Gandhi). This article would benefit from more on postcolonial approaches and literary themes within the novel (e.g., the role of clothing and postcolonial hybridity).
The Untouchable (French: L'Intouchable) is a 2006 French drama film written and directed by Benoît Jacquot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film entered the main competition at the 63rd edition of the Venice Film Festival , in which Isild Le Besco won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor.
His novel Beauty Is a Wound was included in the list of 100 notable books by The New York Times. [4] The use of magic realism in the book has led to comparisons to Gabriel García Márquez . Kurniawan has insisted that Beauty Is a Wound is neither a historical novel nor a book about Indonesian history.
Halima Khatun (25 August 1933 – 3 July 2018) [1] was a Bangladeshi activist, writer and academic. She took part in Bengali Language Movement in 1952 along with other activists including Rawshan Ara Bachchu. [2] She was the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1981 and Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2019. [3] [4]