The importance of Hindi Swaraj | MHI-09 NOTES

The Gandhi myth is finally expressed in these terms in Kanthapura :

They say Mahatma will go to the Red-man’s country
and he will get us Swaraj. He will bring us Swaraj,
the Mahatma. And we shall all be happy. And Rama
will come back from exile, and Sita will be with
him, for Ravna will be slain and Sita freed, and
he will come back with Sita on his right in a
chariot of air, and brother Bharatha will go to
meet them with the worshipped sandal of the
Master on his head. And as they enter Ayodhya
there will be a rain of flowers. (257)

In Kanthapura, Raja Rao achieves a fusion of theme, form and narration. He superimposes the Indian tradition of romance over the Western form of the novel. Kanthapura is structured as a sthalapurana, a legendary history of a particular place. The three strands of action – politics, society and religion – are woven together to form the fabric of this novel. As elements of his narrative technique, Raja Rao employs reflection, dream, flash-back, and episodes. He retains the native Indian style of telling a story in spite of opting for the foreign medium of English. His digressions help to fill the gaps in the story. The continuous monologue of the narrator is particularly suited for psychological analysis of characters. Achakka, who tells the story, in her peculiar flowing style, is a garrulous grandmother of the village, interested in all the happenings, gossip and inter-relations of characters.

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