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Mulk Raj Anand
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thumb|Mulk Raj Anand in 1982
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.
Quotes
Why don’t you call, you swine, and announce your approach!
Untouchable , Penguin Books, 1990.
Our tragic age demands poetry of courage and not whimpers about the inevitable end of all maya.
http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
The Private Life of an Indian Prince (1969)
Source: Private Life of an Indian Prince, Bodley Head (London), 1969
Not a virgin or a rupee was safe in his realm.
p. 60
Please look out for the few thorns that might have got mixed up with the roses.
p. 72
The trouble with liberal democracy is that it takes a long time to mature.
About
Mulk Raj Anand, an Indian novelist, was convinced of conspiracy. The rapes were so systematic and pervasive that they had to be conscious Army policy, “planned by the West Pakistanis in a deliberate effort to create a new race” or to dilute Bengali nationalism, Anand passionately told reporters.
Anand on Rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War. quoted from Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape, 1975.
External links
Category:2004 deaths
Category:Novelists from India
Category:Punjabi people
Category:University of Cambridge alumni
Category:University College London alumni