The Death of the Destitute in Mulk Raj Anand's Two Leaves and a Bud

Abstract

Two Leaves and a Budby Mulk Raj Anand reflects how the British capitalists and their Indian sycophants dehumanize, exploit, manhandle and victimize the weak and helpless Indian working class, especially, the coolies during colonialism. Gangu, the protagonist in the novel, is the representative of the whole proletariats of the Indian society who is dehumanized, manhandled, exploited and even killed without any cause. Through Gangu, An and makes the people conscious about the excessive exploitation of the proletariats and demands to protest until and unless the proletariats get their true existence in the society.