Govardhanram Tripathi

Indian novelist

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In South Asian arts: Gujarati
Among novelists, Govardhanram stands out; his Sarasvatīchandra is a classic, the first social novel. In the novel form, too, the influence of Gandhiism is clearly felt, though not in the person of Kanaiyalal Munshi, who was critical of Gandhian ideology but still, in several Purāṇa-inspired works, tended…
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In Gujarati literature
Among novelists, Govardhanram Tripathi (1855–1907) stood out. His Sarasvatichandra was the first social novel and became a classic. In the period after independence, the Modernists embraced existentialist, Surrealist, and Symbolist trends and gave voice to a modern sense of alienation. Later Gujarati writers include K.M. Munshi, Harindra…
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