Mulk Raj Anand
Anand was an Indian writer whose novels in English brought the experience of the Indian poor to a world readership. Untouchable and Coolie are important works that engaged the colonial novel tradition while transforming it from within.
Works
- UntouchableNovel depicting an untouchable sweeper's single day of dignity and social oppression
- CoolieNovel following a child laborer's harsh experiences in exploitative Indian industrial economy
- The VillageNovel set in rural India exploring agricultural life and peasant community traditions
- Across the Black WatersNovel tracing Indian soldiers' emigration and experiences aboard ship during World War One
- The Big HeartNovel about brotherhood and struggle among working-class metal workers in India
- The Sword and the SickleNovel blending Marxist ideology with historical narrative of Indian peasant military service