LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:8 August 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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Avowal to Aspersion
A Comparative Study of Gandhian Philosophy in
Select Indian English Novels

Jagpal Kaushik, M.A. (English)

Political Leaders in Indian Writing in English

Political figures across generations have often inspired creative writers to use them as source materials for spinning out tales concerning the human journey in its various aspects. Amongst such illustrious political figures, Mahatma Gandhi stands out head and shoulders above the rest for being the fountain-head of not only the most number of fictional efforts, but also in the sense that creative writers have incessantly continued to return to him for nearly a century now.

Gandhi and India Diaspora

The emergence of Gandhi on the Indian intellectual terra firma was like the glowing emergence of the full moon on a dark chaotic night. As the imperialist rulers of India established their strong arm stranglehold over the ruled and as their extortionist regime discovered new and newer ways of subjugating the people, voices of resistance to their machinations started growing. Amidst such general chaos Gandhi started his work of political reorganisation of Indians from the far off land of South Africa. Having reached there in 1894 as an apprentice lawyer he was immediately thrown in the middle of the vortex of socially and politically hostile circumstances. As he accepted the gauntlet of leading the dispossessed community of Indian contractual labourers there, he was led into thinking about the condition of Indians abroad as well as in their homeland in an increasingly engaging way. His persistent desire to deal with issues at deeper and more meaningful levels brought him in touch with Indian intellectuals of various hues. In 1908 he came out with a bold monograph titled Hind Swaraj delineating India’s condition at the hands of its rulers and possible ways of getting rid of not only the political regime but also civilisational ill effects of India’s engagement with the West.

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Jagpal Kaushik, M.A. (English)
Associate Professor in English
Govt. P.G. College, Sector- 14
Gurgaon
Delhi NCR
India
kaushikjagpal@yahoo.com
Research Scholar (Ph.D. Programme in English)
Central University of Haryana
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