'UNTOUCHABLE' – AS A PROBLEM NOVEL

In every society, literature has a social relevance. Society of its times reflects in the mirror of literature. Mulk Raj Anand has reflected an authentic picture of contemporary society in his writings. A brief attempt is made in this paper to show how Mulk Raj Anand deals with the societal transformation that has been taking place in the country. In Untouchable Mulk Raj Anand addresses himself to the treatment of the various kinds of social and economic exploitations of the day that faced India in the early decades of the twentieth century. The present study also explores author’s humanistic philosophy and his artistic vision.