Thematic structure and techniques of Mulk Raj Anand’s novels

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The novels of Mulk Raj Anand within their complex of thematic structure and techniques invite immense possibilities of explorations and insights. Apart from the countless number of studies undertaken on Mulk Raj Anand, the thematic aspects of his novels, even in their traditional classification offer multiple interpretations and insights. Man and society form a variegated fabric of life. Within the complicated structure of society lie the joys and sorrows of man. Mulk Raj Anand with his exposure to various social theories and philosophies has incessantly attempted to present a just and righteous vision of life. His novels deal with socio-economic aspects of life. As a progressive writer sympathising with the Sarva hara (the deprived class of society), Mulk Raj Anand envisions a world of love and human concern.

Ever since human settlements came into existence, the issue of equal distribution of various resources among human beings has caused graved concern. The relationship between master and servant, husband and wife, parents and children, have assumed several shades. The strong exercise their power over the weak in terms of money and social status. In a country like India where the caste-system is still very strong, the issues of untouchability, child labour, exploitation of factory and tea-garden workers form a very prominent thematic pattern in Mulk Raj Anand's novels.

The greatest contribution of Mulk Raj Anand to Indian English fiction is his vast coverage of various themes and their explication in an innovative and imaginative manner. The pre-independence period was marked by several events. The entire country was passing through a period of multifarious changes at every level of society. Struggle for freedom was the gov...

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...lar, Bombay, 1968 .
6. Mulk Raj Anand : Private Life of an Indian Prince, Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1983.
7. Mulk Raj Anand : The Big Heart, Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1984.
8. Mulk Raj Anand : The Bubble, Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1984.
9. Mulk Raj Anand : The Road, Kutub-popular, Bombay, 1961.
10. Mulk Raj Anand : The Sword and the Sickle, Kutub-popular, Bombay, 1942.
11. Mulk Raj Anand : The Village, Kutub-popular, Bombay, 1942.
12. Mulk Raj Anand :Two Leaves and a Bud, Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1983.
13. Mulk Raj Anand : Untouchable, Penguin Book, England, 1940.
14. Saros Cowasjee,So Many Freedoms, A study of major fiction of Mulk Raj Anand , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1977.
15. Saros Cowasjee : Mulk Raj Anand and his critics, Banasthali Patrika, Jan. 1963.
16. K.R.S. Iyenger, Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1985.

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