LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:5 May 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Social Consciousness in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

Sonia, M.A., NET, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Extensive Reach of Indian Writing in English

Literature is an expression of the most intimate consciousness of life and society in which it grows and develops. It has some purposes to fulfill, some thoughts to be contemplated and some plans to be acted upon for the welfare of humanity. When it broods upon such different things, it witnesses changes taking place in life and society, and, therefore, these changes are reflected in literary works. In its corrective function literature projects the ills of the society with a view to making the society realize its mistake and make amends. Indian English literature is also doing the same thing. It expresses thoughts, feelings and emotions in a rational and interesting manner, and directly or indirectly throws light upon different changes in its own way.

The Indian English literature from its very beginning has witnessed socio-cultural, economic and political changes in the life of the nation. Indian English novelists have been showing deep concern about these problems in the past also; in fact, a sustained level of involvement with social issues of caste and gender discrimination has marked the writings of such writers as Mulkraj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Bhawani Bhattacharya, Manohar Malgonkar, Nargis Dalal, Ruth Prawer Jhabwalla, K.A. Abbas, Nyantara Sehgal and others. Even now in spite of getting independence, the social issues are still there to be taken care of.

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Sonia, M.A, NET, Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak - 124001
Haryana
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