Question

Evaluate Mulk Raj Anand‟s Coolie as a postcolonial text.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Evaluate mulk raj anand's coolie as a postcolonial text ?

Answer 2

As a post colonial text, the author has described the atrocities faced by the people belonging to a lower caste.

• Coolie is unique story, which tells the plight of those who are the most oppressed and abused in society, and who have no voice.
• It exposes the unpalatable reality that happiness belongs only to the wealthy, while the poor suffer wherever they are, whether in Kangra Hills, Bombay, or Simla.
• The inappropriate behavaiour is described through Munoo,'s life and the different professions which he took namely Servant, factory worker and a coolie.
• In every profession Munoo, was humiliated and paid less as he belonged to a lower caste. However hard he tried he was always looked down  by the society and neglected. In the end after all hardships he dies by tuberculosis.