R.K. Narayan's ''Waiting for the Mahatma'': A Thematic Analysis.

R.K. Narayan's ''Waiting for the Mahatma'': A Thematic Analysis.

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Ms. Annu

Keywords: colonial, nationalism, Gandhian ideology, twentieth-century Indian masterpiece, fictional, storyline, themes.

Abstract Waiting for the Mahatma, by the great Indian author R.K. Narayan, was published in 1955. The novel is one of the great works of fiction by R.K. Narayan. The setting of the novel is that of the fictional town of "Malgudi" in South India, in which many of Narayan's fictional stories and fictional characters took place. The novel is set in that period when India was under British colonial rule. This novel by R.K Narayan is multi-layered, unveiling the multiple themes and aspects of India under British colonial rule, making it a perfect twentieth-century Indian masterpiece, written against the colonial rule that had existed in India till 1947. While the British rulers executing their manifold missions of governing and exploiting India, R.K. Narayan has excellently presented a clear portrayal of the upsurge of nationalism in India against the British rule, and its votaries including the great and venerated people like M.K. Gandhi, along with some common people like Sriram and Bharati. Sriram's expanding love for Bharati, and his recklessness, gave another turn to the storyline when he got himself associated with an extremist like Jagdish who was a kind of terrorist in the disguise of a true nationalist! This paper aims to delve deeper into the intricate plot of Waiting for the Mahatma and then bring out the major as well as minor themes of the novel. It also studies the significance of the Gandhian ideologies in attaining " Hind Swaraj".

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"R.K. Narayan's ''Waiting for the Mahatma'': A Thematic Analysis.", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.b958-b962, June-2024, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2406196.pdf

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