Social Ostracism in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable

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YASHODHA D

Social Ostracism, Oppression, Caste, Trauma, Untouchable, Humanism.

Mulk Raj Anand is a pioneer Indian writer in English. He concentrates on the social reality of Indian society and humanism. Anand has brought a change in the field of literature by imbibing social realism in Indian writings in English. He uses literature as a tool to address the societal trauma undergone by people in the name of caste. Caste is a form of culture, which was rigid in pre-colonial and post-colonial India. People were segregated in the name of caste from the mainstream. The lower caste people were called untouchables, who were not even allowed to drink water from the same well. Anand in his novel Untouchable has addressed the oppression faced by the lower caste scavengers. The novel revolves around the character Bakha, who thrives to liberate from his pitiful state. This paper is an attempt to trace the trauma faced by the oppressed people in the name of caste and elaborates on the social ostracism in the novel. The upper caste people take all liberty to exploit the lower caste and treat them as their subordinates. This caste-based oppression dates back to Vedic period and can also be felt in contemporary Indian society. This becomes the significance of the present study.

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YASHODHA D (January-2018). Social Ostracism in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 3(1), 43-46. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD1801007.pdf

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