LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 10 October 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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

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Perils of Socio-economic Inequality -
A Study of Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger

Randeep Rana, Ph.D.

Realism and Critical Imagination

A creative artist in order to investigate and expose the problems of everyday life unmasks the fundamental aspects of the socio-economic reality prevalent in the society. He or she questions the absolute notions of socio-cultural evolution and formulates an aesthetic conviction where realism appears to be inseparable from his or her critical imagination.

Sustainable development is not possible without focusing on economic and social development. Striking a balance between economic and social development, ensuing that the fruits of economic development went to all people serves the very purpose of this development. The pace of economic reforms must take into account the concerns of every section of the society.

Focus on the Plight of the Poor

India’s pioneer political activists right from Ranade, Naoroji, Gokhale, Tilak, Aurbindo, Gandhi and Nehru were conscious of the corresponding perils of socio-economic inequality, injustice and neglect. This plight of the poor has remained in focus in the writings of several Indian English writers in general and the novelists in particular. Mulk Raj Anand and Bhabani Bhattacharaya before the 1950s and Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai and Arvind Adiga in the present times are good examples.

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Randeep Rana, Ph.D.
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M.D.U.
Rohtak 124001
Haryana
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