injustice and social inequality and becomes a staunch ally of Gandhi. Although he is depressed over violence at the estate, he takes responsibility and goes on a three-day fast and emerges morally elated. A unit of the independence committee is formed in Kanthapura, with office bearers vowing to follow Gandhi’s teachings under Moorthy's leadership. The British government accuses Moorthy of provoking the townspeople to inflict violence and arrests him. Though the committee is willing to pay his bail, Moorthy refuses their money. While Moorthy spends the next three months in prison, the women of Kanthapura take charge, forming a volunteer corps under Rangamma's leadership. Rangamma instills a sense of patriotism among the women by telling them stories of notable women from Indian history. They face police brutality, including assault and rape, when the village is attacked and burned. Upon Moorthy's release from prison, he has lost his faith in Gandhian principles as he sees most of the land of his village has been sold to city dwellers of Bombay and the village has changed beyond repair. Bibliography Fiction: Novels Kanthapura (1938), Orient Paperbacks The Serpent and the Rope (1960), Penguin India The Cat and Shakespeare: A Tale of India (1965) Penguin India Comrade Kirillov (1976), Orient Paperbacks The Chessmaster and His Moves (1988), Orient Paperbacks Fiction: Short story collections The Cow of the Barricades (1947) The Policeman and the Rose (1978) On the Ganga Ghat (1989), Orient Paperbacks (Vision Books) Non-fiction Changing India: An Anthology (1939) Tomorrow (1943–44) Whither India? (1948) The Meaning of India, essays (1996), Penguin India The Great Indian Way: A Life of Mahatma Gandhi, biography (1998), Orient Paperbacks Anthologies The Best of Raja Rao (1998) 5 Indian Masters (Raja Rao, Rabindranath Tagore, Premchand, Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh) (2003). Indian Ethos and Western Encounter in Raja Rao's Fiction - Editor : Dr. Madhulika Singh - Published by Rajmangal Publishers. Awards 1964: Sahitya Akademi Award 1969: Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award 1988: Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2007: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award See also List of Indian writers References Stefano Mercanti, 2009. The Lotus and the Rose. Partnership Studies in the Works of Raja Rao External links Raja Rao Website, sponsored by the Raja Rao Publication Project at the University of Texas. The Literary Encyclopedia's article on Raja Rao. "Breathing India In America: A Tribute to Raja Rao" by Francis C.