Mulk Raj Anand: A Mindmap

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Major Works Analysis

• Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004)
  • Titles & Epithets
    • India’s Charles Dickens
    • Pioneer of the Indian English Novel
    • A founder of the Progressive Writers’ Association
  • Biography
    • Born: Dec 12, 1905 (Peshawar)
    • Education
      • Khalsa College, Amritsar
      • University College London
      • Cambridge University (PhD in Philosophy)
    • Key Influences
      • Family tragedy (aunt’s suicide over caste)
      • Bloomsbury Group
      • E.M. Forster (Mentor)
      • Mahatma Gandhi
    • Career
      • Writer for T.S. Eliot’s Criterion
      • Scriptwriter for BBC during WWII
      • Founder/Editor of Marg magazine
    • Died: Sep 28, 2004
  • Major Works
    • Protest Novels
      • Untouchable (1935)
      • Coolie (1936)
      • Two Leaves and a Bud (1937)
    • Lal Singh Trilogy
      • The Village (1939)
      • Across the Black Waters (1939)
      • The Sword and the Sickle (1942)
    • Other Major Novels
      • The Private Life of an Indian Prince (1953)
      • The Old Woman and the Cow (1960)
    • Autobiographical Series (Seven Ages of Man)
      • Seven Summers (1951)
      • Morning Face (1968)
  • Literary Style & Themes
    • Style
      • Social Realism
      • Propagandist / Didactic
      • Integration of Indian idioms (Punjabi/Hindustani)
      • Stream of Consciousness
    • Themes
      • Caste and Untouchability
      • Economic Exploitation & Poverty
      • Colonial Oppression
      • Social Protest & Reform
  • Awards & Honors
    • International Peace Prize (1953)
    • Padma Bhushan (1968)
    • Sahitya Akademi Award (1971) for Morning Face