NAME:- VALA NEETA T.ROLL NO:- 23

PAPER:-2 ANAND AS A HUMANIST

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Mulk Raj Anand

ANAND as INDIAN WRITER in the INDO-ANGLIAN WRITING

He is interested in many things and whatever comes from his pen is “true to life” his major works:- UNTOUCHABLE THE ROAD COOLIE…etc….

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Mulk Raj Anand as Humanist

Anand is a humanist, a Proletarian or Marxist humanist.

He does not believe in the theory of Árts for Arts sake’ but writes for the sake of life

for example:- In his work Apology for Heroism

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His Concern for the Under-dog

Anand’s humanism makes him a novelist with a mission

His mission being to write for the betterment and uplift of the under-dog society.

Both Untouchable and Coolie , he deals with the misery and wretchedness of the poor and their struggle for a better life.

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Anand’s compassion for the UNTOUCHABLE

Untouchable is a socially conscious novel

the novel is concerned with the feeling of BAKHA , and experiences in the course of single day in the town of Bulashah

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