• Dr K Thiyagarajan
• Mrs. Pillai Rajammal Swaminathan

Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the question of human existence. Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche are the founding fathers of existentialism. Existentialism is a search for authentic existence. Each and every individual must raise the question for himself as to who he would be in this society. Each one’s existence is their own. Jean-Paul Sartre says, “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.” Existentialism is a feature of humanism and Anand has portrayed it through human beings wretched sufferings and miseries. For instance, in the novel Untouchable Anand manifests Bakha’s existential crisis and alienation from the society, fellow men and from his family, which ultimately results in his identity crisis. Therefore, alienation, according to Marx, is the outcome of development of the capitalist mode of production that converts man’s labour into dehumanizing existence. Mulk Raj Anand in some of his novels projected the ill-effects of Silent insurgence that is analyzed in this paper.

Existentialism, Humanism, Sufferings, Miseries, Existential Crisis and alienation

"Contemplating on the Upshot of the Silent Insurgence in the novels of Mulk Raj Anand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.j15-j19, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306903.pdf

"Contemplating on the Upshot of the Silent Insurgence in the novels of Mulk Raj Anand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppj15-j19, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306903.pdf