Mulk Raj Anand, one of the most highly regarded Indian novelists writing in English is best known for the impassioned social critique contained in his writings. His main concern has always been for “the creatures in the lower depths of Indian society who once were men and women: the rejected, who had no way to articulate their anguish against the oppressors.” His novels of humanism have been translated into several world languages.
Here we find 7 quotes from two of his popular works, Coolie and Untouchable that show the life for the underprivileged during pre-partition India.
