Swarajyam - Couverture rigide

Ramamohanarao, Mahidhara

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198077378 ISBN 13 : 9780198077374

Editeur : OUP India, 2011

Synopsis

It is 1921 and the ripples of the Freedom Movement have reached the quiet village of Munganda. The stage is set for the dramatis personae: an idealistic young Brahmin, Ramanatham, an admirer of Gandhi; an intelligent young woman, Swarajyam, who instinctively yearns for liberation from stifling social mores and discrimination; and a village with a full cast of characters who strive to cling to the past while being inevitably drawn into a very different future. Munganda village is a microcosm of a newly resurgent India which is resonating with Gandhi's clarion call for political and social liberation. As the novel unfolds, we see Ramanatham battling his own inner doubts while trying to spread Gandhi's message of change. We see Swarajyam, dutiful daughter and abandoned wife, who dares to be different. This is a novel set almost one hundred years ago; yet it remains relevant for its insights into human hopes and fears and its portrayal of the continual tussle between tradition and modernity, both in thought and choices. The Introduction by M. Sridhar and Alladi Uma shows how Swarajyam (meaning 'freedom') holds a special significance for the country more than forty years after the publication of the Telugu original, which received the prestigious Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award in 1969.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mahidhara Ramamohanarao was born in 1909 in Munganda Agraharan in Konaseema of East Godavari district. Growing up in an environment of revolutionary fervour, he abandoned his studies and joined the Indian National Congress and later became a staunch advocate of Communism. Without formal schooling, he acquired scholarship in Telugu, Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, English, and Russian.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198077378
• ISBN 13: 9780198077374
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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