Kanthapura is first major Indian novel in english by raja Rao.the novel deals with the civil disobedience movements of 1930 . Mahatma Gandhi on participation of a small village of South India in the national struggles calls for the story's central concern. It is believed as an epic of freedom struggle on all sides of India's immensity and the creative construction big a work of fiction through nationalism and spirituality.
When the novel begins the concept of freedom and nationalism is alien to the villagers.the novel begins with the information of the kanthapura.the villagers sacrifice all their material possession in triumph of the spirit. Acchaka narrates the story.she is an old village women and the story revolves around in a village kanthapura in South India. In this village there are clear discrimination between brahmin,shudra and pariha quarrels still the mutual bonding between the villagers are very strong and they live happily with equal social and economical bonding.
When the novel begins the concept of freedom and nationalism is alien to the villagers.the novel begins with the information of the kanthapura.the villagers sacrifice all their material possession in triumph of the spirit. Acchaka narrates the story.she is an old village women and the story revolves around in a village kanthapura in South India. In this village there are clear discrimination between brahmin,shudra and pariha quarrels still the mutual bonding between the villagers are very strong and they live happily with equal social and economical bonding.
A protagonist of the novel is young brahmin boy named moorthy staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi.once this boy found a half buries linga in the village . He dig it out,installed it at another place and built a temple their. This temple became center of social life in village. Moorthy arranged various religious ceremonies and Kathas here.
In this novel we show aweakning against foreign exploitation. A police bade Khan was posted in the village,to keep an eye on going on there. He could get no accommodation in the village.the sahib of the neighboring skeffington.
In this novel we show aweakning against foreign exploitation. A police bade Khan was posted in the village,to keep an eye on going on there. He could get no accommodation in the village.the sahib of the neighboring skeffington.
Coffee estate opened hut for him and logged him in the estate. The Congress committee of the nearby karwar city consumed moorthy. He comeback village with lots of Congress literature and spinning wear home spun khaddar discard the foregoing cloths and thus stop economic exploitation of indians by foreigners.
Moorthy in fact had turned into a Gandhi man ever since. He saw the Mahatma in a vision he than discarded his foreign clothes, adopted khadi and returned to kanthapura. He preached Gandhi's idea or truth .Moorthy is arrested.came the month of vaishakh and thus news that moorthy was going to be released on the appointed day, people of kanthapura gathered to welcome their hero. But police brought moorthy to ranggamma's house through a secret route. People gathered there , shouting slogans like" Mahatma Gandhi ki hai " and "vande Mataram"
The crowd was asked to disperse peacefully and they obeyed because that their leaders wish. People notice no change in moorthy. He was to use the authors word "as ever as"
The crowd was asked to disperse peacefully and they obeyed because that their leaders wish. People notice no change in moorthy. He was to use the authors word "as ever as"
Kanthapura is a work of social realism. The life here is symbolic.by fusing religion and politics kanthapura evince the divine truth that man's status in society is spiritual as much as it is political.acchaka the narrator vis like Shelly's westwind a symbol of rebirth and regeneration.moorthy become symbol of modern progressive and spiritual leader. At times he is a bhakt prahlad, a Messiha of the pariah, a symbol of new life in kanthapura. He is true symbol of vedanta. He states " there is but one force in life and that is truth, and there is but one God in life that is love of mankind,and there is one God in life and that'sis gods of all." Moorthy said that he is just " a pebble among pebbles of the river, and when the floods come, rocked by rock may be buried". This statement suggest his Victory against egoism. The total destruction of kanthapura is symbol of new life emerging out if the dead one. Cut of the holy ashes arises kashipura.
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