R K. Narayan's The Swami And Friends

R K Narayan’s very first novel ‘The Swami and Friends’ which came out in 1935 motivated the educationist Prof.Yeshpal to formulate the strategy to enable burdneless education for children which culminated in ‘Learn without burden’. His association with Nobel laureate, author Graham Greene vivisected his art of writing fiction and infused it with intensified creative powers. R K Narayan is well known for his series of popular novels like English Teacher, Vendor of Sweets, Financial Expert, Man Eater of Malgudi, Waiting for Mahatma etc., He is also well known for his short stories ‘A Horse and Two Goats’, ‘Under the Bunyan Tree’, ‘An Astrologers Day’ etc., fills the reader4 with the feeling of aesthetic pleasure and satisfactions of having read a good story. Typical South Indian middle class family life finds its full expression in his works. Narayan was not just writer of fiction. He is also the critic and the supporter of woman’s rights which found abundant space in ‘ The Dark Room’. Sashi Tharoor Compared R K Narayan’s works with those of Jane Austen’s who was an early nineteenth century author of English middle class ethos and mores. Narayan was awarded Padma Vibhushan and Sahitya Akademi Award.

‘The Guide’ is a magnum opus by R K Narayan which was published in 1958. It’s greatness is recognized by bestoweing Sahitya Akademi Award on it. The movie The Guide is the blend of philosophy, fiction and elements of supernatural blended with the faith of mortals in it.