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Waiting for the Mahatma is a 1955 novel by R. K. Narayan. Plot summary. Sriram is a high school graduate who lives with his grandmother in Malgudi, the fictional Southern Indian town in which much of Narayan's fiction takes place.
"Waiting for Mahatma" murmurs the romance of Sriram and Bharti set against the scenario of political unrest. Mahatma is here "Gandhiji" himself who is seen participating in the struggle as a character.
Waiting for Mahatma centers on a young man named Sriram who lives with his grandmother. He is in love with and wants to marry a young woman who is involved with Mahatma Gandhi's movement to achieve Indian independence and this draws him into becoming active himself.
Apr 18, 2012 · Waiting for the Mahatma. by. R. K. Narayan. Publication date. 1981. Topics. Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Fiction., Nationalists -- India -- Fiction., Statesmen -- India -- Fiction. Publisher. University of Chicago Press in association with W. Heinemann.
Jun 26, 2021 · A boy is lured away from his grandmother and the town of Malgudui by the charms of a young and beautiful girl, Bharati. Her first loyalty is to the "saint" Mahatma Gandhi, and the boy, Sriam, soon finds himself amidst the most faithful of Gandhi's disciples and involved in the Quit India campaign. Originally published: [London] : Methuen, 1955.
Jul 25, 2012 · In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen–an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi–and commits himself to Gandhi’s Quit India...
R. K. Narayan. "Waiting for the Mahatma" is a novel set against the backdrop of the Indian Independence movement. The story revolves around a young, carefree boy named Sriram who falls in love with a devoted disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, Bharati.
