• Dr. Anupam Soni

India is known as the country of agriculture. Agriculture has an important place in the economy of any country. In India, three fourth of the total population live in villages, in which most of the people are farmers whose main occupation is agriculture. Peasants play an important role to maintain the economy of India. Even in the ancient scriptures, peasants have been considered the food givers. In reality, peasants are the backbone of our nation and the strength of Indian economy. Peasants work hard but their hard work is always ignored.They have always been the victims of exploitations by the hands of colonizers, landlords, and bourgeoisie and politicians. Literature is the mirror of society and it has also not been untouched by the misfortune of peasants. Indian writers noticed the miserable condition of peasants and presented it in their compositions. Novelists of Indian writing in English have also portrayed the poignant cry of Indian peasants in their novels. Among these novelists, Mulk Raj Anand is prominent because he is known as the ‘Messiah’ of downtrodden, helpless, untouchables and subaltern class The aim of the present paper is to portray the miserable condition of Indian peasants in Mulk Raj Anand’s The Sword and the Sickle and Two Leaves and a Bud.

Scriptures, Peasants, Poignant, Subaltern.

"Peasant Consciousness in the Select Novels of Mulk Raj Anand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1326-1332, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901F81.pdf

"Peasant Consciousness in the Select Novels of Mulk Raj Anand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1326-1332, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901F81.pdf