Mulk Raj Anand may not have experienced life as an Untouchable in his past, but growing up in the lower class in India, he was very familiar with the pains of the caste system. Much like a journalist, Mulk Raj Anand wrote about untouchables in India to draw worldwide attention to a system that has been practiced since 1500 BC, treating individuals unlike human beings and far worse than animals. Even though this novel was written over 80 years ago, the book is still relevant today as the system has not stopped.
Despite not ending an ancient religious tradition, Raj Anand uses his novel to criticize the social injustice in India and condemns the hypocrisy of the high caste who rules over the untouchables. Moreover, the author reminds us of the lack of strength and unawareness of the immoral system enforced on the lower caste/untouchables, and he even suggests a need for a social revolution and stand against the system.
The message of Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable is still, and more so than ever, valid and viable in today's world!
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