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Gandhi as an icon has influenced and inspired Indian literature ever since his appearance in the political scene. His role in South African politics and in the Indian socio-political arena fired the imagination of the readers and the writers alike. Novels like Kanthapura and The Untouchable represent Gandhi as the saviour of the beleaguered masses; several other writings add shades of grey to his character. The varied images are owing to the response to Gandhi’s actions and strategies as a socio-political leader. A study of the depiction of Gandhi in Indian literature through the two Partitions in India will, therefore, will be an interesting area of analysis. They showcase the span of Gandhi’s career as a leader. While the writings in response to the Partition of Bengal in 1905 anticipate a Gandhi-like figure and present his initial phase as a socio-political leader; those written in response to the 1947 Partition of India marks the last phase of his career. The present paper looks into the representations of Gandhi through the two Partitions in India, in order to trace the changes in his image over the course of history.
Debosmita Paul. “Gandhi and the Partitions in India: Representation of Gandhi in Modern Indian Drama.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 277–296. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.17.
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