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, ...

R.K. Narayan, the literary chronicler of small-town life in South India and one of the first Indians writing in English to achieve international acclaim, died yesterday in Madras, India. He was 94.

Author of the Day: R.K. Narayan| He is one of India’s greatest writers, whose stories are simple, warm, and very close to everyday life, human emotions, and small-town culture. His stories have won ...

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 ...

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, India’s much-loved storyteller whose spare, wry English-language novels and short stories gave the world insight into the richness and depth of life and literature in ...

I was in Ahmedabad last weekend, where, during a visit to Sabarmati Ashram, I picked up a copy of R.K. Narayan’s 1955 novel, Waiting for the Mahatma, from the bookshop on the premises. The afternoon ...

After impressing everyone with his melodious voice and soulful compositions, Shankar Mahadevan is all set to treat our taste buds with his unique recipes. The singer and composer will be starting a ...

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 ...

R K Narayan's quote urges people to appreciate their current blessings True understanding comes from recognising what you already have Gratitude helps reduce frustration and brings balance to daily ...