Gandhi is depicted as the new incarnation of Vishnu who has come to rid the British oppression. Even the traditional Harikatha gatherings are redolent with the consciousness that Mahatma Gandhi has newly instilled. The ensuing drama draws from the episodes of Raja Rao’s novel, Kanthapura, that is embedded in those traumatic times. Industrial workers too came in as individuals. The peasants rolled in and the Congress assumed the look of a vast agrarian organ with a strong sprinkling of the middle class. The sprawling photographs of Gandhi illustrate how he entered the Congress and made it a democratic, mass organisation. He seemed to emerge from the millions of India, speaking their language and incessantly drawing attention to their appalling condition. He was like a powerful current of fresh air that made Indians stretch themselves and take deep breaths. This was chiefly because of the split in the Congress between two sections, the radicals and the moderates, and also because of wartime restrictions and regulations. Nehru notes that when World War I started, politics in India was at a low ebb. Playback by Chandrakant Kale, Ranjana Joglekar, Jolly Mukherjee, Pankaj Mitra, Anand Kumar, and Shobha Joshi Excerpts from Kanthapura by Raja Rao. With Shabana Azmi as Rangamma, Om Puri as Patel Range Gowda, Ila Arun as Gangamma, Savita Bajaj as Venkamma, Pallavi Joshi as Ratna, Virendra Saxena as Rachanna, Piyush Mishra as Murthy, Irfan Khan as Bade Khan, Sudhir Kulkarni as Bhatt, and Bhavana Mukativala as Radhamma. A Production of Doordarshan, the Government of India’s Public Service Broadcaster
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