Socio-Cultural Theme in Indian Literary Texts

Abstract

The Independence Movement constituted an emotional experience for all Indians in the 1920s and 1930s. No Indian writer writing in those decades or writing about them could overlook this phenomenon: “Life could not be the same as before, and every segment of our national life-politics, economics, education, religion, social life, language and literature-acquired a more or less pronounced Gandhian hue.” Once Independence was gained and Gandhi was no longer on the national scene, there was a lull in the creative spirit. For a while, on the one hand, there were no more immediate goals to strive for; on the other, the bewildering task of building a new nation faced everyone.

This research paper aims to explore socio-cultural themes in select Indian literary texts within specific contexts.