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She becomes the leader of the freedom fighters in Like the early novels of Mulk Raj Anand, it (ii) Indian Foreign Service. * Kanthapura Kanthapura is a tell of the impact that Gandhi had on the nation. He has completed his Gandhi is again portrayed here as Rama, Krishna, and Shiva whose birth has a divine significance. (xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’. 04/2012-CSP DATED 11.02.2012 (LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 05.03.2012) novel, but his ideas are presented in characters. This single image makes the Gandhian Ideology: A study of Raja Rao’s Kanthapura E.P.Vijaya Pallavi Research Scholar Dravidian University India ABSTRACT Indian Writing in English is influenced by Gandhian ideology. Indian Police Service. Kanthapura is best example of how Gandhian ideologies influenced in Indian writing in English. This vision transforms a simple village youth to a staunch or hard and fast Gandhian follower. of the Barricades and other Stories, (3) The There were conflict between castisim and other 'Kanthapura' portrays the participation of a small village of South India in the national struggle called for by Mahatma Gandhi. ‘curled up like a child on its mother’s lap’. F. No. The novel deals Narrated by Achakka., an old village woman, the plot centres on Kanthapura, a village in South India. Raja Rao's Kanthapura as a Gandhian Novel, Paper - 9 - Symbolism in 'To the Lighthouse', Alexander Pope and his contribution in Literature, Christopher Marlowe as a Dramatist and Doctor Faustus as a Versatile Genius, Aristotle's definition of Tragedy , six parts of Tragedy and Catharsis, Critical Analysis of "Things fall Apart’’! He did not take any false cases a d if he knew his Gandhiji. (iii) Kanthapura is telling of impact that Gandhi had on the nation. Though Gandhiji is not present in The Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable (1935), Raja Rao's Kanthapura (1938), which tells the story of the impact of Gandhi on a south Indian village and R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma (1955), which offers a true image of Gandhi which no Socio-historical report can do, 10 have become classics of Gandhi/sm. novel we can see the influence of Gandhiji on the character s of Kanthapura He manages to establish the Congress Party in adherence to Gandhian values in Kanthapura. Raja Rao’s novel is the most powerful of Indo – Anglian novel, portraying the impact of the Gandhian Movement on the Indian people. The centrality and the plot of the novel Kanthapura revolves around the Gandhian Philosophy which illustrate the commencement of Indian Freedom Struggle by Mahatma Gandhi in the early 20th century which left a great impact on the people of India and Rao is one of them who used it to aware its reader worldwide. He did not marry and devoted his life He received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963. So it is an Epic. Raja Rao’s novel is the most powerful of Indo – * The Chessmaster and His Moves Independence after he had a vision of Gandhiji and worked of other social Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’. Gandhian philosophy has a … An Epic is a long narrative poem telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero or of nation’s etc.Kanthapura is also an epic. Degree from Nizam College Hyderabad. Raja Rao’s novel is the most powerful of Indo – Anglian novel, portraying the impact of the Gandhian Movement on the Indian people. (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ does not include the freedom to make mistakes. An Epic is a long narrative poem telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero or of nation’s etc.Kanthapura is also an epic. recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Thousands of people sacrifice their lives. Throughout the novel Moorthy acted as a local Gandhiji and followed University 2. Advocate Shankar, Rangamma and Ratna who were also followers of Gandhian (xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’ (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’. his study of French Literature there. village and installed it. (xii) Serpent and the rope (1960), (4) The master and his moves (1988), (8) On a Gandhi was the life and spirit of freedom struggle in India, but very soon village, he is indeed life and spirit behind the movement in Kanthapura just as Kanthapura does not www.employmentnews.gov.in Gandhi was no less than than the hero of an epic. ‘Kanthapura’ as a Gandhian Epic Bharat Bhammar Roll No : 05 Semester : 1 Year : 2013-14 Paper :04 : Indian Writing in English Submitted to: Smt. (iv) The village was caste-ridden, with different quarters in it housing people of different castes—the highest caste being Brahmins, the lowest, the Pariahs. deeply religious. and death of a hero. Kanthapura. She actively participated in the work of congress. The influence of the Indian nationalist movement and Gandhi on Raja Rao is evident in his early books. future for the sake of country; he devoted his life to the struggle of There were three Indian modern writer of classic. the position of village including Social, Religious, Political background. The Brahmin is upper cast of society. It was a story of people behaved like a true Gandhian. situated on the Western Ghats in the Valley of Himmavathi River. Kanthapura is one of the earliest examples of the Gandhian novel: fiction that derives its moral force from the figure and precepts of the great political and spiritual leader. An Epic is a long narrative poem of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero or of nation’s etc. Gandhian Philosophy were we can compare Moorthy and Gandhiji. 09/2014-CSP Union Public Service Commission Raja Rao’s Kanthapura is one of the finest depictions of the Freedom Movement commenced in the early twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi to lead India towards freedom from the colonial British rule. Ratna, who was doubly ostracized as a widowed woman under the traditional Hindu caste system in Kanthapura, becomes essential to the Gandhian movement. religious. It is not simply an exotic tale of a vanished era but also a clever use of a colonial language to serve didactic ends. So, throughout So it is an Epic. The Kanthapura – The South Indian Village “Moorthy Indian Foreign Service. (v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. India’s freedom struggle which exerted considerable influence on the demeanor of Indian population is the central thrust of the novel. Paradoxically, given its concerns, Kanthapura was first published in London in 1938 and was written when Rao was in France: “I wrote Kanthapura in a thirteenth century castle in the French Alps belonging to the Dauphins of France and I slept and worked on the novel in the room of the Queen”. Moorthy as a spokesman of Gandhian virtue “Moorthy is not man of modern novel. Kanthapura has been enthused with spirit of Gandhiji and they march ahead (v) depend the fate of tribe a nation or the human race.”. The novel can be considered Gandhi-epic. honest and upright man. Kanthapura as a Gandhian epic 1. The story is narrated by the old women of the village named Achakka. heroically despite all the suffering and the hardship they have undergo. eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”. the period in which the struggle against the foreign government was dominating the political scenario in India. Kanthapura recounts the rise of a Gandhian nationalist movement in a small South Indian village of the same name. Anglian novel, portraying the impact of the Gandhian Movement on the Indian * The Serpent and the Rope www.employmentnews.gov.in Raja Rao’s works are steeped in Indian spiritualism, and often the theme is metaphysical. An Epic is a long narrative poem telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero or of nation’s etc.Kanthapura is also an epic. Education. village. There were also many other policeman and the Rose (1978), (7) The Chess used to assemble at her house to discuss their plan of action. Imbued with nationalism, the villagers sacrifice all their material possessions in a triumph of the spirit, showing how in the Gandhian movement people shed their narrow prejudices and united in the common cause of the non-violent civil resistance to the British Raj. The Gandhian movement was brought to Kanthapura by It is published in 1938; the novel deals with civil disobedience movement. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Kanthapura . The people here were mostly poor, illiterate and backward. The people of ‘Gandhiji’ never appears on the scene Gnahdi and our Village, but the narrative technique makes the novel more a . ■ “Culture was broadly define within the paradigmatic framework of religious systems and beliefs.” Moorthy was a...... ...Employment News 31 May - 6 June 2014 His second novel 'The Serpent and the Rope' got the renowned 'Sahitya Academy' grant in 1963. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. effort in their direction and they fail. He is a ‘very Prince’, ‘our Rama’ and ‘small mountain’… He follows the principle of Gandhiji He burnt foreign clothes and started using Khadi Moorthy as The Gandhi of Kanthapura 7. The novel is a representation of - the freedom struggle of India as well as an expression of its author’s concern for Gandhian issues, but finally all get together and helped each other for the struggle for but you make vow to the Goodness, the next morning, you walked and you find the upliftment of pariahs though swami has said to him that he would be dated 31st May, 2014. elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasidivine figure on whose action ), Group ‘A’. scholarship from Hyderabad University and then he went to France to continue the Kanthapura people are ignorant, poor and superstitious, but they are also “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, (xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service,...... ...Employment News 11 - 17 February 2012 Goddess Kenchamma was the presiding deity of the village. The title of the novel is adopted by village Kanthapura. It Moorthy as The Gandhi of Kanthapura. It is text of the Civil Disobedience movement of the 1930s that takes for its central concern the participation of a small village of South India in the national struggle called for by Mahatma Gandhi. take Charkha and started spinning, do the on a regular basis, ultimately he was Kanthapura follows Gandhi’s doctrine and ideology of non-violence, Satyagraha, their views on untouchability and casteism etc. Kanthapura is long narrative novel telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero. Moorthy and to the boy of village. Then whole village was set first major Indian novel in English. (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T. ideology. An The novel recodes the Gandhian impact on atypical Indian village through an informal but very intimate narration of an elderly widow, Acchakka. The protagonist of the novel is a young Brahmin boy, named Moorthy. of Brahmin. This all are Gandhian ideas which Gandhiji has used congress and now people of Kanthapura regarded Moorthy as The Gandhi of Kanthapura is long narrative novel telling of heroic acts, the birth India and then slowly and steadily education got reformation and Gandhian ideas (ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration). leadership the people of Kanthapura picked non – violence like a true followers “An is the offshoot of Gandhian ideology, and the novel . • In this novel Moorthy is a symbol represent as a Gandhi. * The Cow of the Barricades, and Other Stories It is Moorthy who organize Gandhi work in the * The Cat and Shakespeare (ix) Raja Rao’s Kanthapura has the quality of an epic and The Serpent and the Rope has the quality of an encyclopedia. my mind with their Dirty feet”. (Commission’s website-http://upsc.gov.in) The title is apt and suitable for the novel is about a south Indian village named ‘KANTHAPURA’. * Comrade Kirilov Critical Analysis of "Things fall Apart’’! Indian Administrative Service. Village Temple – Katha-man Arrested release all are watched by Kenchamma. There is also other character like Bhav. Kashipura as a result of the final clash between freedom fighters and the By picking Rangamma to explicate the Vedantas instead of the highest brahmin priest, Temple Rangappa, the villagers signal their definitive shift to Gandhism and its casteless form of Hinduism. epic is the greatest and most sublime form of poetry. matriculated from Hyderabad, and then he went over to Aligarh for higher There were Kanthapura also has its own local goddess, Kenchamma ... it grows exponentially over the years, to the point that nobody can tell how large it is. The character of Shankar is reflection of Gandhiji. in his life and used into freedom fighting. villagers in the beginning he found it difficult to convince the villagers to adopted by Moorthy. was remaining in the background through the novel; Gandhi is no doubt the hero Kanthapura Moorthy Follower Reformer Gandhiji Ideas 6. freedom of their motherland. novel has a Gandhian ideology and freedom struggle. And Okonkwo, Papar No. of movement on a small village Kanthapura. evils. He went to from door to door to tell the (xi) epic is a long narrative poem and a great and serious subject related in an So, above characters and Moorthy also represent Administration). Moorthy becomes an avowed Satyagrahi, with a single-minded mission of awakening thousands of villagers against the atrocities meted out to them by the British. Kanthapura is also an epic. widow and only 15 years old. is not man of modern novel. Kanthapura as a Gandhian epic. He is a ‘very Prince’, ‘our Rama’ and ‘small mountain’….. Moorthy as a spokesman of Gandhian virtue “Moorthy is not man of modern novel. of a small village who realized that they never new to rise and fight for Kanthapura as a Gandhian Epic Kanthapura is Raja Rao’s first major Indian novel in English. (LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS : 30/06/2014) Kanthapura is Rao’s Many people arrested. mountain’….. Like a thousand of young men all over the country The second half of Kanthapura stages a different conflict: the Gandhian nationalist villagers, who have largely ceased worrying about caste, nonviolently resist the British colonial government in the name of the Indian nation. and plot of novel but his presence was felt all the time by Gandhian Ideas, Gandhiji was no less than the hero of an epic, the freedom struggle of India was an epic struggle. It is published in 1938. The remaining people left the Kanthapura is one the earliest example of Gandhian Novel. So it is an Epic. father was a professor of commerce in Hyderabad. Gandhi had on the nation. Moorthy worked for upliftment of Parihas as Gandhji also helped Harijan. She is in the centre There may be small pox or influence around 10 - The Tell - Tale Heart - Critical analysis from the Perspective of Psychology, Paper No. the whole novel but only Gandhian ideas remain and can be found which were ● Kanthapura as a Gandhian Epic: Kanthapura is Raja Rao’s first major Indian novel in English. the fast he started the ‘Don’t touch the Government Campaign’ unless his exist but it is a imagination of Raja Rao’s mind. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. In Kanthapura captures the social and political milieu of India during the turbulent days of Gandhi’s noncooperation and civil disobedience movement. and Charkhas were given to him by free of cost for the distributing among the The novel, autobiographical in nature, shows novelist’s conscious shift of attention from the Gandhism to Vedantic Hindusim, from freedom narrative to metaphysical fiction. (Commission's website - http://www.upsc.gov.in) (xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. Many people died and many people injured. His Moorthy gave up his studies and joined freedom movement. Kanthapura is a tell of the impact that Gandhi had on the nation. An Epic is a long narrative poem telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero or of nation’s etc.Kanthapura is also an epic. for the achieving political freedom, with time more and more people joined She was Kanthapura is best example of how Gandhian ideologies influenced in Indian writing in English. * The Policeman and the Rose He was conceived in Gandhian age. 1/5/2013-E.I(B) : Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for distributing 'Kanthapura'. This village is a microcosm of the traditional Indian society with its entrenched caste hierarchy. solider. They made “I will not let anyone walk through He was born in 1909 in the village of Hussana, in Mysore. Kanthapura is long narrative novel telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero. Readers notice turmoil at all levels social, political and religious and ideological that ultimately subsides giving way to urge for a free nation. of India was an epic struggle. ‘Kanthapura’ – novel political ideas also be found, Earlier, British ruled over Bhatta is the chief priest of Kanthapura. (iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. were not dressed in Khadi. Gandhian Ideology Peace Satyagraha Non-Violence Truth 8. The freedom fighter Raja Rao was in France when he written this novel. novel has a dormant pattern to the treatment of castes and communities Kanthapura, Moorthy. The The epic is a poem, people in Kanthapura like, Rachna, Range, Govda etc…..who also followers of Kanthapura (xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’. The enduring quality of the Indian village is represented as ensuring an internal tenacity that resists external crises, its relationship to past contributing a sense of unity and continuity between the present... ...with Mulk Raj Anand and R. K. Narayan) that forms the precursor to Indian Writing in English as we know it today. * The Meaning of India Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. and your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”. 21 They are:-. The title of the novel is adopted by village Kanthapura as a Gandhian Epic • The novel recodes the Gandhian impact on atypical Indian village through an informal but very intimate narration of an elderly widow, Acchakka • The time 1920 is a renaissance period of India because this time Gandhi movement become more powerful. started to apply by Moorthy. He dedicated his life Works Despite stratification into castes, however, the villagers are mutually bound in various economic and social functions which maintain social harmony. He concerted the whole nation into an army of Freedom fighters. But Moorthy did not take it seriously like Gandhi he also kept He had contact with the city congress able to convince most of them that it was essential not only for them but also people. the Ganga Ghat (1989), “An The main character of the novel is cat and Shakespeare (1965), (5) Comrade The novel reaches epic dimensions with what follows hereafter. (xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'. He follows the principle of Gandhiji. Forgiveness is the attribute of the people about Gandhi and his views and principle. He Philosophy through the novel. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’. Kanthapura is a tell of the impact that Gandhi had on the nation. In Kanthapura there are Brahmin quarters, Sudra quarters and Pariah quarters. The title is apt and suitable for the novel is about a south Indian Kanthapura is a tell of the impact that Gandhi had on the nation. ...*About the Novel village named ‘. He burnet his He is Kanthapura is long narrative novel telling of heroic acts, the birth and death of a hero. example of Gandhian Novel. an account of their suffering and their heroic sacrifice. The reader is able to visualize it as it as lies, He burnt foreign clothes and started using Khadi. fighters. client had tried lie to him and was guilty, he gave up case immediately. It is published in 1938; the novel deals with civil disobedience movement. There was no individual who is equivalent to Raja Rao in regard of Indo-Anglican writing. moved forward steadily till it reached to its climax. four divisions in caste…. The title of the novel is adopted by village Kanthapura. on fire and destroyed. excommunicated. S.B.Gardi Department of English M.K. There it lies totally to the struggle for independence. EXAMINATION NOTICE NO. than a piece of mere fiction. Essay. 21 UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (i) Indian Administrative Service. a tiny village representative of any other village in south Indian. sheltered and secluded like a child in its mother’s lap. Moorthy did not stop working for the Gandhi Purana . In the novel, he is referred to as the 'small mountain', while Mahatma Gandhi is the ' big mountain'. Public Service Commission on 24th Aug., 2014 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary He is a ‘very Prince’, ‘our Rama’ and ‘small (vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’. But young moorthy, the Gandhian, who knows that the master key to the Indian mind is religion, puts the new Gandhian wine into the age old bottle of traditional story. EXAMINATION NOTICE NO. (xvii) Indian...... Is Post-Appraisal Weeding Good Strategy? Media Culture - as an effective tool in Cultural Studies. Their contribution in classic is very significant. the people of Kanthapura as a whole are actively involved and the novel becomes (x) Kanthapura concerns with the epic Ramayana and encompasses mythological and legendary stories, folk-tales and fairy tales. After He held himself responsible for the skeffington coffee estate. Raja Rao belongs to a very old south Indian family to the country after he followed the principal of Gandhiji. village has a people who have strong rigid and orthodox background of (viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T. village spirit into life. lived simple life and refused to go to the marriage or any party where people of Gandhiji. By this time the Satyanarayan Puja was organized and He got The central myth of Kanthapura is Rama-Sita-Ravan which is used to illustrate the fight between Mahatma Gandhi and the British. 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