Kanthapura by Raja Rao
We study
to India writing in English. In we see Raja Rao was great writer,
poet and novelist. He was write one novel entitled like “Kanthapura”
published in 1938. Here we see that kanthapura was a village, it
may be that kasipura in south India. This was not real village but
only imagination of Raja Rao. The novel narrated as old women. But in
this story one man as Harikatha like that tells them. Jayramakrishna
was men of village and talk to mythical way. The novel began that to
Indian myth like Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Krishna etc. The author as
given imagination of Indian god and goddesses. Kanthapura is narrated
by old aged woman Kenchamma. In novel we see that novel narrated to
Indian myth as katha. In novel myths are important? What is myth as
well as story? Because how she narrated one kind of story in daily
life. It is also of combination reality and truth imagination of
Brahmin life and how they play vital role in novel. It is only
represented Indian minds and social religious them. Myths are only
for heritage and simple but nothing of them. So we see in this novel
in subordinate a term use in law caste.
Subordinate to law caste
Kanthapura in
upper and lower caste represent to Indian rigidity, religious and
cultural things. In this caste of that untouchable, gender different,
politics, superstition etc. Moreover we see that Kanthapura frame
work of that blend of history and myths. It is help us to reexamine
characters. Kanthapura in social, cultural, political, religious,
spiritual etc. relationship of the protagonist moorthy like this. We
see that women are minor character. They not leave together of male.
We read novel kanthapura as to begun to religious and at end its
becomes political novel.
We can
see that women characters are active in this village like Kenchamma,
Mrs. Bhatia, Ratna, Moorthy mother and his wife and other Dalits
women. The women getting together and making a group “Sevika
Sangh”. It givens a natural touch to situation. One character like
Bhatia who was against Gandhi ideas. He was rich person. He was
married a girl after his wife death. We see that only 12 year girl
married them. Here we see that society has rigid and an ancient idea
follows them. Kanthapura has become melting plot of nationalism. Here
we see caste consciousness and shape of the quarters speak about
prosperity of the few and poverty of main. Women and Dalits are in
wretched condition. In the novel, we see typical male constructed
culture with a lot of rules and regulation imposed upon women. Dalits
are not come in village only for early morning. so it is life of
kanthapura village.
So we can say
that in kanthapura novel as Gandhian ideas, independent thinks,
religious, culture and political thinks in this novel. Raja Rao gives
imagination of real Indian and there lifestyle portrayed in this
novel kanthapura.
Myths in novel
Kanthapura in main protagonist Moorthy was told story of god. And it
is image of Indian religious and myth in his life. Moorthy was non
violent. He talks that to Gandhian ideas and telling to the village
people as freedom movement at story of god. Kanthapura was
imagination of Raja Rao and in that one Story with in the story of
Harikatha. This story tells as to kasipura people at of mythical
story.
How he
understands to human nature and the village people like and struggle
to India becomes free county. In that case Moorthy telling story of
Gandhi. Gandhi was “Rama”. And how British represented in story
of that “Ravan”. It is evil thinks and compared to both of them.
In the novel, we find a village became India.
And this myth about to when goes way. The country own myths as to
be history of India. Rama, the narrator, does not answer such
questions; he only chronicles the breakdown of the relationship,
almost impersonally, as if there were little he could do to save it.
He also does not feel himself responsible for having affairs with
other women, one of which involves a ritual second marriage, while
being married to Madeleine at the same time. What is lacking, then,
is an adequate motivation for the actions of the characters,
something that most readers are conditioned to expect from a novel.
Kanthapura novel narration that myths and brief struggle of Gandhi
and freedom fighter movement tells in this novel as mythical way.
Kenchamma was tells that Gandhi was lord Rama of Indian and how he
was not happy to British people bad and many of die to Hindus.
Raja
Rao has who write and thought that this village as india. Moorthy and
other native people was fight to religious and upper caste people.
Here we see that creation of grandmother as god mingles with human
beings as ideal person. At that time, Indian sensibility of literary
middle path as Raja Rao is caught between two path East and West
Indian.
Myths in novel
Kanthapura in main protagonist Moorthy was told story of god. And it
is image of Indian religious and myth in his life. Moorthy was non
violent. He talks that to Gandhian ideas and telling to the village
people as freedom movement at story of god. Kanthapura was
imagination of Raja Rao and in that one Story with in the story of
Harikatha. This story tells as to kasipura people at of mythical
story.
How he
understands to human nature and the village people like and struggle
to India becomes free county. In that case Moorthy telling story of
Gandhi. Gandhi was “Rama”. And how British represented in story
of that “Ravan”. It is evil thinks and compared to both of them.
In the novel, we find a village became India.
And this myth about to when goes way. The country own myths as to
be history of India. Rama, the narrator, does not answer such
questions; he only chronicles the breakdown of the relationship,
almost impersonally, as if there were little he could do to save it.
He also does not feel himself responsible for having affairs with
other women, one of which involves a ritual second marriage, while
being married to Madeleine at the same time. What is lacking, then,
is an adequate motivation for the actions of the characters,
something that most readers are conditioned to expect from a novel.
Kanthapura novel narration that myths and brief struggle of Gandhi
and freedom fighter movement tells in this novel as mythical way.
Kenchamma was tells that Gandhi was lord Rama of Indian and how he
was not happy to British people bad and many of die to Hindus.
Raja
Rao has who write and thought that this village as india. Moorthy and
other native people was fight to religious and upper caste people.
Here we see that creation of grandmother as god mingles with human
beings as ideal person. At that time, Indian sensibility of literary
middle path as Raja Rao is caught between two path East and West
Indian.
Womens in the
Kanthpura :-
Acchanka: Open Minded
Brahmin Women.
Kenchamma: Goddess of
the village and mother of himavathy.
Ratan: widow and
daughter of kamalamma.
Rangamma : she
published weekly political pamphlet and sponsors..she daily disccused
on nationalist movement.
Role of women in
Raja Rao’s Kanthapura .
Women in raja rao’s kanthapura within
the socio-political realms. Role played women in the indian fight for
indipependenc british against british rules. In our society women one
were always Marginalize. In Fiction but Raja portrayed women as
Heroic figure. In Rajarao’s kanthapura narrator is an old grand
mother . . It shows the one of the stylistic devices of the novel.
Kenchamma the godess is the center of the village.The attachment and
love for the mother is express in many ways. . Motherhood is
represented by kenchamma.she protect from sickness, diseases.
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