Kanthapura

Name: Kanthapura
Author: Raja Rao

by Raja Rao

A village woman leads a nonviolent independence movement against British colonial oppression

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Raja Rao

Indian novelist in English whose Kanthapura used the form of a Puranic narrative to tell a story of Gandhian resistance. The Serpent and the Rope is his philosophical masterwork, exploring Indian metaphysics and European thought.

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