LIKE many young writers, R.K. Narayan found it difficult at first to get his work published. In 1934, after his novel “Swami and Friends” had been rejected by numerous publishers, he sent the ...

MUMBAI (ANI) – Celebrated author RK Narayan has left an unforgettable impression on the literary world with his poignant tales of small-town India. His works have been adapted for the screen several ...

William Faulkner had his Yoknapatawpha County. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has his Macondo. These two imagined communities have a sister village in south India — a place called Malgudi. In that village, ...

A simple dining hall at R K Narayan’s house, now a museum. DH Photos/T R Sathish Kumar RK Narayan’s house, in Vivekananda Road, Yadavagiri, Mysuru. DH Photos/T R Sathish Kumar The family house of R K ...

R.K. Narayan is one of India’s most prolific writers, honoured with a Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan award. He is famously known for writing ‘Malgudi Days’. In 1933, Narayan met a 15-year-old girl ...

The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter ...

When R. K. Narayan died, in the spring of 2001 at the age of ninety-four, his legacy seemed assured. Over seven decades of literary activity, he had produced fourteen novels, countless essays, and ...

Google Doodle marks the 108th birth anniversary of noted novelist R K Narayan. The doodle shows a sketch of RK Narayan reading his collection of Malgudi Days stories. The Google Doodle shows ‘Google’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R K Narayan's short story ‘Selvi’ is inspired by aspects of M S Subbulakshmi’s life that lay behind the glist and glamour of her ...