A Study of Raja Rao’s Novels by O.P.Mathur

Abstract

Raja Rao happens to be a philosophical novelist of India, who enjoys an international reputation. Dr. O.P. Mathur (Former Professor and Chairman, Dept of English at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) has made a special study of Raja Rao’s philosophical trilogy due to a variety of reasons. For example, Dr. Mathur has a philosophical bent of mind (unlike a majority of scholars) like Raja Rao himself and met him personally and discussed his novels with him. Dr. Mathur is a resident of Varanasi, the holy place, which is repeatedly evoked by Raja Rao in his short stories and novels. Thus there is a philosophical and geographical connection between Dr. Mathur and Raja Rao. There are eleven chapters in all –beginning with ‘Introduction’ and ending with ‘Conclusion’.