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Nagaraj's world is comfortable. Living in his family's spacious house with only his wife, Sita, and his widowed mother for company, he fills his day writing letters, drinking coffee, doing some leisurely book-keeping for his friend Coomar's Boeing Sari Company, and sitting on his verandah watching the world and planning the book he intends to write about the life of the great sage Narada.
Grandmother's Tale is a novella by R. K. Narayan with illustrations by his brother R. K. Laxman published in 1992 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] It was subsequently released outside India as The Grandmother's Tale by Heinemann in 1993. [2] This book, more than any others, exhibits Narayan's experimental tendencies. [3]
He looks down on superstitions and old-fashioned notions of religion and caste and spends his time reading ancient copies of books on science and history. He does have a tendency to quote from the scriptures and make associations with events in the scriptures and those in his life.
My Dateless Diary is a collection of autobiographical essays by R. K. Narayan published in 1960. [1] The book was the output of a daily journal that he maintained during his visit to the United States on a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1956. [2] While on this visit, Narayan also completed The Guide, the writing of which is covered in this book. [3]
Gods, Demons and Others is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan adapted from Indian history and mythology, including epics like The Ramayana and Mahābhārata. [1] In this book, Narayan provides both vitality and an original viewpoint to ancient legends.
R. K. Nayyar (born Ram Krishna Nayyar, 1930 – 1995) [1] [2] was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter in Hindi language films. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Professional life
My Days (1974) is an autobiography by R. K. Narayan. It tells the story of Narayan's upbringing. [ 1 ] My Days is an autobiography which starts with his childhood spent in his grandmother's home in Chennai .
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