describe how the issues of caste included in novels in India. By giving examples of two novels discuss the ways in which that try to make readers thing about existing social issues.
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The issue of castes are highlighted in many novels in India.
The novel 'Indulekha' shows the marriage rituals in Hindus of upper caste, and showed how and why they needed to change.
In novel Rangabhoomi, the story of an untouchable man 'Soordas' is depicted. It gives hopes to the lower class.
Such issues, when highlighted force people to think about the caste system being fair or not.
Answer:
Often the caste issue was dealt by Indian novelists.
The novel Indulekha by O Chandu Menon was a love story, but interwoven with the raging controversy of marriage practices of upper caste Hindu Nambuthiri Brahmins and Nayars.
The second novel is the novel Saraswativijayam by Potheri Kunjambu where he strongly attacked the upper caste oppression and caste prejudices.
Premchand’s novel, Rangabhoomi, also deals with caste problem in its main plot.