MULK RAJ ANAND’S UNTOUCHABLE

Mulk Raj Anand a socially committed novelist, he produced a good deal of literature, 

It brought to him immense popularity. The aim of this paper is to bring out the social 

and realistic lives in early 19th century in which India struggled for independence. It 

portrayed the picture of untouchable sweeper who is known as bhaka's one day life 

in the novel. 

There are many occasions in the novel which reveal the stark and naked realities in 

the society. The present paper is concerned with evil of untouchability and the need 

for radical empathy. The reader will realize the humiliation and physical assault as 

well as mental agonies of the untouchables throughout the novel.

Keywords: alienation, humiliation, social discrimination, human dignity, suppression.