Social realism in mulk raj anand’s untouchable and coolie

The present research article is an attempt to study social realism in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable and Coolie. As a novelist Anand had a concept of realism which is as much a result of his studies as of his experiences and observations. Not only this, he must have, it may be assessed, sufficiently thought over his problems as a writer before he actually choose to be a novelist. Anand wanted to reveal life in all its contrarieties. Besides, he also wanted to create awareness in the reader. The safest and the most objective assessment of the genius of Anand should be to call him a social realist observation of what was happening in the society in which he lived during his days. Anand has painted Untouchable and Coolie with the colors of social realism. These two novels are hard core reality of the Indian society of early decades of twentieth century. The novels describe the sufferings of the protagonists, and record the miseries felt by them. Thus, both these two pieces have together occupied a special place in Indian literature.