CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -“Untouchable ” was the first novel written by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935 followed by “Coolie” (1936) and “Two Leaves and a Bud” (1937). He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Child About The Author The story has been written by Mulk Raj Anand, who was born on 12 December 1905 and was an Indian writer notably known for his works like the protest novel Untouchable, and other works like Two Leaves And Bud and Coolie. He was also the recipient of Padma Bhushan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prominent among his novels are The Village (1939), Across the Black Waters (1939), The Sword and the Sickle (1942), all written in England; Coolie (1936) and The Private Life of an Indian Prince (1953) are perhaps the most important of his works written in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India’s leading English authors. The book was inspired by his aunt’s experience when she had a meal with a Muslim woman and was treated as an outcast by her family.

Detailed explanation-5: -That novel turned out to be his seminal debut book, Untouchable (1935), about the struggles and humiliations faced by a toilet cleaner named Bakha. After the rather humiliating taunt about what would come to be his first novel, Anand travelled to Ireland and met poets George Russell and W.B. Yeats.