Mahatma in Indian Novels in English

Abstract

Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy has greatly influenced 20th century  Indian literature. Several important literary works of that period illustrate how Mahatma and his ideology impacted Indian writing in  English in India. He was an immense source of writing himself and  has influenced different disciplines and many writers from different  fields like history, politics, philosophy, literature, sociology and  writers considered to have him as their central theme. This article  focuses on his role in Indian novels of that era. Here I have made a  modest attempt to re-invent the Mahatma in the light of the Indian English Literature.