This book examines the nature of protest exposing unjust, corrupt and discriminating practices through the fictional works of Mulk Raj Anand and Bhabani Bhattacharya. Probing deep into the various facets of human life, it also analyzes the issue of social reform as addressed in their novels.

Mulk Raj Anand’s novels, studied in this book, include Untouchable, Coolie, Two Leaves and a Bud, The Lament on the Death of a Master of Arts, The Village, Across the Black Waters, Seven Summers, Morning Face, Confession of a Lover, The Big Heart, Private Life of an Indian Prince, The Road, and The Death of a Hero. Bhabani Bhattacharya’s novels studied here include So Many Hungers, Music for Mohini, He Who Rides a Tiger, A Goddess Named Gold, Shadow from Ladakh, and A Dream in Hawaii.