Dr. U.R Anantmurthy as a Social Revolt

Vol-4 | Issue-03 | March 2019 | Published Online: 15 March 2019    PDF ( 188 KB )
Author(s)
Mr.Sandeepkumar Satyamurthi 1; Dr Gurudevi Huleppanavaramath 2

1Research Scholar, Department of English, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi

2Associate Professor of English, Lingaraj College, Belagavi

Abstract

In Hinduism, an individual is offered numerous ways towards salvation depending on his or her caste. The as it were toll to pay on this way is that of dharma, or obligation. In the event that one fulfills one’s dharma, at that point one comes closer to freedom (moksa). For a lady, this implies complying her spouse. For a brahmin man, this implies living his life concurring to the four life-stages (asramas) and practicing the vedic customs. Within the novel, Samskara, U.R. Anantha Murthy contrasts numerous possible ways to salvation including that of Naranappa which of Praneshacharya; at to begin with look, a heathen and a holy person. In any case, all through the novel it gets to be less clear who, in the event that either, of these two is really performing their dharma. Set in modern India, Bharathipura revolves round the life of associate 'enlightened' present Indian, Jagannatha, who so as to urge eliminate his personal burdens commits a 'scandalous' act. He decides to take 'untouchables' into the native Manjunatha temple exposes the complexities of the class structure and therefore the story of social justice in modern India. Further, the novel brings to light however the present recreates and reconstructs the past to safeguard class-conscious structures rife across societies, and additionally portrays the fixing destinies of people and communities.

Keywords
Hinduism, freedom, salvation
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