Effect of Gandhism on Hindi Literature

The literature of any nation is highly influenced by the culture, society, history, geography of that nation as well as its ideology. India did not have any clear ideology during the colonial period but most of the Indian population was influenced by Gandhi's ideas. With time, Gandhi's role in the national movements covered his ideas as an ideology and its effect in Indian Hindi literature was clearly felt after the Dwivedi era. Gandhi's ideas were successful in influencing those people of the whole world who believed in non-violence. Thus, Gandhi's ideas had a proper influence in Indian Hindi literature. When the Dwivedi era ends, the Gandhi era emerges in Indian politics. It is clear that the literature written in the Bharatendu or Dwivedi era cannot be considered to be influenced by Gandhism, although it echoes all those movements and sentiments that Mahatma Gandhi later adopted or developed. What is called the Premchand era in fiction and the Chhayavaad era in poetry or the third period of the rise of the new trend, is called the Gandhi era in politics.