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The Sword And The Sickle Analysis

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war on Indians and we can see this through Lalu experiences for the affability of his companions, who had no option and they die one by one, leaving him gloomy and helpless.
The oppression by British people is show in the form of evils of war; the Indian peasant were allured and brought in to army and then were suppressed and humiliated which is clear from the tension and agony narrated by Mulk Raj Anand in a very sensible manner. The soldiers were fighting for Britain but were not a part of their regiment just like slaves are thrown into war to give their life.

The Sword and the Sickle tells us about his return to Nandpur, marriage and transformation of his persona as a socialist, who seeks to pave a new way for the peasants of the Punjab. …show more content…

Throughout The Sword and the Sickle Lalu come across great men of rhetoric but little action. He felt that Gandhi and the Count both preach change, neither follows through with action. He as a different perspective: “The wild dreams of the exalted leaders flourish, and people begin to dream of glory, build up private myths of a revolution, in this world, in heaven, and nowhere in particular” (Anand Sword 356). Lalu now is a revolutionary having his own ideals he does not believes in social theories for cultural work. His experiences has transformed him and now he is a learned man. Lal Singh now steps into a new life, life of a revolutionary peasant. After an outright rejection of his peasant heritage, he returns to it to be its source of movement, aliveness and strength. The person who at one time hated peasantry is now a “proud peasant”. It is apparent that imperial rule always used man-power of colonies and treated them as slaves, snatching all their rights and depriving them of even the basic needs. For them they were not humane but were sub-humane who do not need anything and were living just for providing benefit to proud imperial countries. But it turned to be blessing in disguise for people of colonies in the way they made them aware of their existence and rights. Their torture and injustice

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