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A coolie who joins the Gandhians early in the book and eventually becomes one of the group’s most important leaders after the maistri kicks him off the Skeffington Coffee Estate and he moves into Kanthapura as a pariah. He is the fourth leader of the Village Congress and the most fearless of the Gandhians—he regularly taunts the police and is the second Satyagrahi to get arrested, after Moorthy. After the colonial government releases him, Rachanna helps lead the toddy protests and is the first to jump the fence into Boranna’s toddy grove. He is arrested again, never to return.
Rachanna Quotes in Kanthapura
The Kanthapura quotes below are all either spoken by Rachanna or refer to Rachanna. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Section 5
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What is a policeman before a Gandhi’s man? Tell me, does a boar stand before a lion or a jackal before an elephant?
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Section 18
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“In the name of the goddess, I’ll burn this village”
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Rachanna Quotes in Kanthapura
The Kanthapura quotes below are all either spoken by Rachanna or refer to Rachanna. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Section 5
Quotes
What is a policeman before a Gandhi’s man? Tell me, does a boar stand before a lion or a jackal before an elephant?
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Explanation and Analysis:
Section 18
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“In the name of the goddess, I’ll burn this village”
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