A review by arundhati_girish
Kanthapura by Raja Rao

5.0

This gives us a view into the Indian freedom struggle and how it culminated in small villages. How venerated Mahatma Gandhi was and his influence on the people. There are a lot of characters with Indian names and I don't remember them all. It starts out dealing with normal village affairs and towards the end we are brought to the rebellion and there is sea change in the attitudes of people. The issue of caste is also present and this issue still pervades in some sections of our society that have backward thinking. Though in the beginning they are divided towards the end they fight together. Moorthy is a symbol of hope under dire times. The role the women play in this is also significant, they are given representation as being part of an important movement. For one of the first major Indian English novels the writing is remarkable.