Mulk Raj Anand depicted the social realities of pre-independence India through his novels. Some of his most notable works that portrayed the lives of poorer castes include Untouchable (1935), about a day in the life of a sweeper boy named Bakha, and Coolie (1936), which follows the story of Munoo and his experiences with exploitation. Anand criticized casteism, classism, and the inhumane treatment of laborers through his writing. Overall, his novels aimed to expose the complex social structure of India at the time and shed light on the difficulties faced by the oppressed classes.

1. Mulk Raj Anand Present Social Reality
Of India In His Novel
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2. Mulk Raj Anand

3. Mulk Raj Anand
• Born : 12 December ,1905 , Peshawar
• Died : 28 September 2004 , Pune
• Indian writer in English , notable for his depiction of the lives
of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society.
• One of the pioneer of Indo Anglo- Fiction.
• His writing career began in England, where he used to
publish short reviews in T .S. Eliot’s magazine ‘ criterion ‘.
• He won ‘ The Sahitaya Academy Award for his novel “
The morning face ” - 1968
• He was honored with ‘ Padma Bhusan’ India’s third last
civilian award in 1967 for his vast contributions towards
the field of literature and education.

4. Mulk Raj Anand ‘s Novels
• Mulk Raj Anand admired for his novels and short
stories.
• His writings are rich with the realistic and touching
portrayal of the problems of the common man.
• He wrote numerous articles and essays on Marxism
, Indian independence and other political issues.
• His novel deals with untouchability , Exploitation ,
power and the suffering of the Indian masses.
• He noted for their perspective insight into the
lives of the oppressed and their analysis of
exploitation and misfortune .

5. Novels:
• Untouchable – 1935
• Across the black waters -1939
• The Sword and The Sickle -1942
• Coolie -1936
• The private life of an Indian Prince – 1953
• The Village - 1939

6. Untouchable
Best known work is novel
“ Untouchable”( 1935 )
It is a story of a single day
in the life of Bakha , a toilet
cleaner suffers from the
frustration because of the
inhumanity of higher class
people.
Anand shows the set up of
society , custom , religion
belief, casticism and social
issues of pre –independence
India.

7. coolie
• Published in 1936
• The plot moves around a 14 year old
boy Munoo , as a victim of an
exploitative system, his innocent life
is crushed under the cruelty of the
world
• Munoo experience all the negative
aspect of the world. His journey from
innocence to experience is mediated
through ideologies of suppression
and empowerment.
• Coolie - the evils of class system
which is greater than caste system
and suffering and problem of the
outcaste .

8. Mulk Raj Anand and his novels
• “Two leaves and a Bud -1937 “ deals with the topic of
oppression of the poor , about a peasant who tries protect his
daughter from a British soldier.
• Anand vehemently attacks the British tea garden owners
and Indian merchants for their inhuman treatment of the
laborers. Exploitation of one at the hand of the other .
• His novels also aims at wiping away social barriers and
orthodoxy , caste system and communalism . His themes depict
the complex social structure of society and humanity of man.

9. Anand’s novel - social reality
• Through his writing , he exposed several of India’s evil
practices. Most of his works are commentary on the social
structure of his time.
• He attacks casticism and classicism, his deep sorrow and
sympathy for the unfortunate poor and their inability of
cope with circumstances.
• Taboos of castle, untouchability , the blind belief in
superstitions, inhumanity of people which is very reality
of India. Mulk Raj Anand by his novels shows very
realistic picture of India.

10. Conclusion
• Coolie novel shows the slave system of
India.
• Untouchable novel deals with character
Bakha as a sweeper boy and his suffering ,
belonging a lower class.
• Two leaves and a Bud theme of exploitation.
• We can say Anand’s novels present social
reality of India , which is very deeply rooted
in that time.