Kanthapura is Raja Rao's first major novel in English published in 1938. The novel is set in the south Indian village of Kanthapura and deals with the civil disobedience movement. Moorthy is the protagonist who is portrayed as the Gandhian leader of Kanthapura, adopting Gandhi's principles of non-violence, wearing khadi cloth, distributing charkhas, and working to uplift the Parihas community as Gandhi did for Harijans. Moorthy is inspired by Gandhi's personality and believes in non-violence, behaving calmly even when arrested like Gandhi. The novel supports Gandhi's ideas and shows how his principles were followed in
1. Moorthy as Gandhian Man
Name : Bharti M Dharaiya
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Enrollment no. : 2069108420200008
Paper Name : Indian Writing in English
Presentation Topic : Moorthy as Gandhian Man
Submitted to : Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
2. Kanthapura
⚫Kanthapura is Raja Rao’s
first major Indian
Novel in English.
⚫Publish in 1938.
⚫Protagonist – Moorthy.
⚫Moorthy as Gandhian man.
4. Kanthapura as a Gandhian Epic
⚫Novel is about a south Indian village named
Kanthapura.
⚫Kanthapura is cast ridden village.
⚫The Novel deals with civil disobedience.
⚫ Raja Rao supported the idea of Gandhi.
⚫Kanthapura as a political, religious and
Epical history. Kanthapura is an Indo English.
⚫The Principles of Gandhi followed in
Kanthapura.
6. Moorthy As Gandhian Man
⚫Moorthy regarded as the Gandhian of
Kanthapura.
⚫He is Protagonist of the novel.
⚫Moorthy is avatar of Gandhi in
Kanthapura
⚫Moorthy adopting the Gandhian
ideology.
⚫Wear hand- woven Khaddar cloths.
⚫Distibutes free charkhas in the village.
7. ⚫Moorthy believes in non – violence.
⚫ He seeks the helps of kenchamma , a rich
educated widow of his village.
⚫Moorthy worked for upliftment of Parihas
as Gandhiji also helped Harijan.
⚫He inspire by Gandhi’s charismatic
personality.
9. Conclusion :
⚫Kanthapura novel is based on Gandhian
Ideology.
⚫Raja Rao support idea of Gandhi.
⚫Moorthy is main character. Moorthy is
gandhi man in Kanthapura.
⚫Moorthy adopting Gandhian idea like
peace, true, non violence and satyagraha.
⚫He support and encourage to women in
kanthapura.
