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See also 'List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi'

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	''Waiting for the Mahatma'' is written in Narayan's gentle comic style. An unusual feature of this novel is the participation of Gandhi as a character. His revolutionary ideas and practices are contrasted with the views of traditionalists such as the town's notables and Sriram's grandmother. This note of ambivalence towards the freedom movement may be due to Narayan's needing to reassure his mainly British audience.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Aikant\|first=Satish C.\|title=Colonial Ambivalence in R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma\|journal=The Journal of Commonwealth Literature\|year=2007\|volume=42\|issue=2\|pages=89–100\|doi=10.1177/0021989407078595}}</ref> The political struggle serves as a background to Sriram and Bharati's unconventional romance which is concluded outside either's family circle. This is one of Narayan's most successful novels{{citation needed\|date=April 2014}}, where much happens behind the facade of the low key storytelling.		''Waiting for the Mahatma'' is written in Narayan's gentle comic style. An unusual feature of this novel is the participation of Gandhi as a character. His revolutionary ideas and practices are contrasted with the views of traditionalists such as the town's notables and Sriram's grandmother. This note of ambivalence towards the freedom movement may be due to Narayan's needing to reassure his mainly British audience.<ref>{{cite journal\|last=Aikant\|first=Satish C.\|title=Colonial Ambivalence in R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma\|journal=The Journal of Commonwealth Literature\|year=2007\|volume=42\|issue=2\|pages=89–100\|doi=10.1177/0021989407078595}}</ref> The political struggle serves as a background to Sriram and Bharati's unconventional romance which is concluded outside either's family circle. This is one of Narayan's most successful novels{{citation needed\|date=April 2014}}, where much happens behind the facade of the low key storytelling.

			==See also==
			* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]

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{{Infobox book
| name = Waiting for the Mahatma
| title_orig =
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| image = File:WaitingForTheMahatma.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[R. K. Narayan]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = India
| language = English
| series =
| genre =
| publisher = [[Michigan State University Press]]
| release_date = [[1955 in literature|1955]]
| english_release_date =
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 241
| oclc = 607661305
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'''''Waiting for the Mahatma''''' is a [[1955 in literature|1955]] novel by [[R. K. Narayan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Waiting for the Mahatma|work=OCLC Worldcat|oclc=360159}}</ref>

==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. Sriram is attracted to Bharati, a girl of his age who is active in [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Quit India movement]],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mann|first=Harveen|title="The Magic Idyll of Antiquated India": Patriarchal Nationalism in R. K. Narayan's Fiction|journal=ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature|date=October 2000|volume=31|issue=4|pages=59–75}}</ref> and he becomes an activist himself. He then gets involved with anti-[[United Kingdom|British]] extremists, causing much grief to his grandmother. Sriram's underground activity takes place in the countryside, an area alien to him, and the misunderstandings with the locals provide the book's best comic moments. After spending some time in jail, Sriram is reunited with Bharati, and the story ends with their engagement amidst the tragedy of [[Indian independence movement#Independence, 1947 to 1950|India's partition in 1947]] and Gandhi's death in 1948.

''Waiting for the Mahatma'' is written in Narayan's gentle comic style. An unusual feature of this novel is the participation of Gandhi as a character. His revolutionary ideas and practices are contrasted with the views of traditionalists such as the town's notables and Sriram's grandmother. This note of ambivalence towards the freedom movement may be due to Narayan's needing to reassure his mainly British audience.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Aikant|first=Satish C.|title=Colonial Ambivalence in R.K. Narayan's Waiting for the Mahatma|journal=The Journal of Commonwealth Literature|year=2007|volume=42|issue=2|pages=89–100|doi=10.1177/0021989407078595}}</ref> The political struggle serves as a background to Sriram and Bharati's unconventional romance which is concluded outside either's family circle. This is one of Narayan's most successful novels{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}, where much happens behind the facade of the low key storytelling.

==References==
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{{R. K. Narayan}}

[[Category:Novels by R. K. Narayan]]
[[Category:Novels set in India]]
[[Category:Books published by university presses]]
[[Category:1955 Indian novels]]

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