Kanthapura by Raja Rao | Characters, Summary, Analysis
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Raja Rao was an Indian
Raja Rao was an Indian English novelist who took birth in 1908 in the princely state of Mysore, Karnataka. His first novel was Kanthapura which was first published in the year 1938. It is a story based on a fictional South Indian village named Kanthapura. The novel became a huge success and established Raja Rao as one of the major Indian English writers who won the Sahitya Academy Award of 1964. He was also awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature by Oklahoma University in 1988. His other major works include The Serpect and The Rope which is a semi-autobiographical novel and was published in 1960. Raja Rao was a metaphysical writer who borrowed his writing style and structure for his stories and novels from Indian mythical stories and folk epics.
Moorthy is the protagonist of the novel. He lives in Kanthapura village and belongs to a middle-class high-caste Brahmin family and lives with his widowed mother Narasamma. He is a noble, quiet, serene, and generous person who leaves the village to attain higher education at the university of the city. At the University, he comes in touch with the nationalist fervor of Mahatma Gandhi and turns a non-violent Gandhian activist for Independence. After returning to the village, he tries to spread the message of Gandhi. Bhatta is a wealthy Brahmin of the village who doesn’t like Gandhian’s idea against untouchability and opposes Moorthy in establishing a unit of Gandhi’s Congress Party in Kanthapura. Patel Range Gowda is another powerful wealthy person in the village but he belongs to a lower caste. He is very shrewd but honest. He is often considered the leader of the village and called the ‘tiger.’ Rangamma is a 30-year-old childless widow of Kanthapura who is a bit educated and can read and write. She has read a lot about Gandhian ideas and philosophy. She openly opposes Bhatta’s caste discrimination and religious dictatorship. Everybody respects and listens to her. Bade Khan is a Muslim British officer appointed at the police station of Kanthapura. He is a brutal agent of the British government who deals with any kind of protest with extreme harshness.
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