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Poet, Novelist

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Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian novelist and a leading figure of early Indian English literature. His works include novels, poetry, and essays on a wide range of subjects, including social commentaries on India's poor, and on British rule in India.

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β€œNot a virgin or a rupee was safe in his realm.”
β€œWhy don’t you call, you swine, and announce your approach!”
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β€œThe trouble with liberal democracy is that it takes a long time to mature.”
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β€œPlease look out for the few thorns that might have got mixed up with the roses.”
β€œOur tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya.”

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Mulk Raj Anand on Maya

β€œOur tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya. People still extract pain of each other even after Buddha, Nanak and Gandhi have been preaching peace.”
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Mulk Raj Anand on P. V. Narasimha Rao

β€œNo one during the fifty years of freedom has attempted to tell the truth of contemporary history as you have done. So, in whatever form it comes, it is welcome...”
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Anand on Rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War. quoted from Susan Brownmiller on Mulk Raj Anand

β€œMulk Raj Anand, an Indian novelist, was convinced of conspiracy. The rapes were so systematic and pervasive that they had to be conscious Army policy, β€œplanned by the West Pakistanis in a deliberate effort to create a new race” or to dilute Bengali nationalism, Anand passionately told reporters.”

About Mulk Raj Anand

Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian novelist and a leading figure of early Indian English literature. His works include novels, poetry, and essays on a wide range of subjects, including social commentaries on India's poor, and on British rule in India.