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Mulk Raj Anand is very well-known as an Indian novelist, distinguished writer, reformer, art critic, editor, journalist, a short story writer and political activist. He opened another area as writers of fiction along with Raja Rao and R. K. Narayan and produced a great deal of English literature and his mastery in the realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the exploited class of Indian society marks his genius as a socially committed novelist. That’s why he is known as India’s Charles Dickens as well as considered the messiah of the have-nots, unloved, down trodden and unwanted. Painted with the colors of social realism Mulk Raj Anand‟s two novels Untouchable and Coolie reflect the hard core reality of the Indian society of early decades of twentieth century. Written with a purpose, both these novels condemn the modern capitalistic Indian society and feudal system for the shameless and tragic exploitation of the poor and underdog as there is only a true, real and bitter reflection of the society in both the novels dealing with a similar central theme of social exploitation, the exploitation of the downtrodden and the under-privileged because of the curse of untouchability, poverty, hunger, child labor, social governance, social set up of society, customs, religious belief, prejudices and the suffering of the Indian masses by the forces of capitalism, industrialism and colonialism. The present paper demonstrates the true colors of social realism in Untouchable and Coolie; the epic like novels of M. K. Anand, to strike a chord in the hearts of the consciententious Indians through a beautiful and real to life portrayal of the exploited masses of Indian society.