Synopsis Raja Rao's Kanthapura is one of the best-known Indian novels in English and regarded a contemporary Indian classic. Published in 1938, it presents a phase of Indian history through the story of a south Indian village in the nineteen thirties with a unique force of evocative and interesting details. The novel made such a strong impact on Indian psyche that during the last six decades since it was published, it has intensely gripped the minds of the readers, in India and abroad. The present volume offers a critical analysis of the text as also fresh interpretations that enable the readers to comprehend its meaning and significance.