Supriya kelkar ahimsa5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Kelkar builds compelling tension, which leads to grim outcomes, while highlighting Anjali’s resulting bravery and maturity. ![]() When Anjali’s mother becomes a nonviolent activist fighting for Indian independence and social justice among the castes, Anjali-who is initially horrified by the her mother’s actions-gets swept up in the causes, focusing especially on treating the untouchables, whom she learns to call Dalits, as equals. ![]() Told from the point of view of 10-year-old Anjali Joshi, a high-born Brahmin, the story traces the development of the nonviolence ( Ahimsa in Hindi) movement and the Hindu-Muslim conflicts that arose at the time, along with the effects of both on one community and, especially, on Anjali’s family. The novel smoothly and realistically depicts the complex segregated world of India in those years, including characters from different castes. Set in a fictional Hindi-speaking Indian town in 1942, Kelkar’s debut is inspired by the life of her great-grandmother, who was active in the Indian independence movement led by Gandhi. ![]()
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