About the Raja Rao - Kanthapura Kanthapura deals with the Gandhi Movement and its impact on a small village called Kanthapura. The novel depicts the early phase of Indias freedom struggle when the Civil Disobedience Movement was at its height. It concerns itself with the non-violent, non-cooperating movements of 1919-22 and 1930-31 and its impact on the social and political life of the country.