Abstract
Raja Rao's contribution to Indian fiction in English language is manifolds. The philosophical sensibility of Raja Rao distinguishes him from his contemporaries like Mulk Raj Anand and R.K. Narayan, who project man primarily in relation to social reality. His novels are saturated with various philosophical ideologies. His first novel Kanthapura (1938) is based on Gandhian ideology. This paper presents an analysis of Kanthapura which mainly portrays the Freedom Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the 1920s to liberate India from the imperialistic hegemony of the British, through the hero of the novel Moorthy. In Kanthapura, Raja Rao has come out with complete mastery of the various aspects of the novel as a form of art. Never again since the publication of this masterpiece of Indian English fiction on the theme of Indian struggle for freedom has been able to recapture the perfect harmony of plot, character, dialogue and narrative on the one hand and fantasy and realism on the other. The novelist assiduously explores the Gandhian ideals of loving one's enemies, non-violence and abolition of untouchability.
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