Gandhian Ideology in the Fiction of Chaman Nahal

Mahatma Gandhi was a freedom fighter as well social reformer. He man of action and intuition. held no political office. Yet he could arouse the consciousness an entire subcontinent! A lean, frail, ‘half-naked fakir’—armed with wooden staff dignity human being, fought against greatest empire world has ever known. It just moral grandeur his soul which enabled him to fight brute power, in any form, even vanquish it. As defender rights, made people more conscious their duties, set order society also make learn that true source right is duty only. saint, reformer humanist out “a message” based on series experiment truth”, touched upon every domain life: social, economic, moral/spiritual, cultural, political. Therefore, perennial writing influenced different disciplines many writers from fields like history, politics, philosophy, literature, sociology, so on. In principle non-violence, introduces technique resistance evil untruth. His Satyagraha inspired by boundless love compassion. opposed sin evil. speaker truth did not falsehood. untouchability notions superiority inferiority birth were R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, other Indian Chaman Nahal explore Gandhiji’s view writings. first novelist post-independent ethos who delineated Gandhian ideology realistically than era. exquisitely explored almost all dimensions Ideology such Truth, satyagraha, azadi (in spirit Swaraj), simplicity, women emancipation, sacrifice, affirmation, belief equality, humanitarian attitude for weaker sections, Hindu Muslim amity last but least non-violence.