"Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi is a 1949 novel by R. K. Narayan. It was adapted into the films ""Mr. Sampat"" (Hindi, 1952) and a Tamil film sharing the same title (1972). A comic realist novel of manners, ""Mr. Sampath"" marks the first of three Narayan novels that take an external approach, focusing on events outside the protagonist, in contrast to Narayan's more internally-focused earlier novels. The novel is set in 1938 under the British Raj, in the fictional town of Malgudi. The novel is made up of two parts: a"
"years, Malgonkar wrote a weekly column covering a wide range of topics, which was published in Indian newspapers like ""The Statesman"" and ""Deccan Herald"". Most of his books were published in India by Orient Paperbacks or by Rupa Paperbacks. Padmanabhan, A., ""The Fictional World of Manohar Malgonkar"", Atlantic Publications, 2002. Janet M. Powers. ""Manohar Malgonkar"" South Asian Novelists in English. Ed. Jaina C. Sanga. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. 136-143 Manohar Malgonkar Manohar Malgonkar (Marathi: मनोहर माळगांवकर; 12 July 1913, Belgaum district – 14 June 2010, Joida) was an Indian author of both fiction and nonfiction in the English language. He"
"The Vendor of Sweets The Vendor of Sweets (1967), by R. K. Narayan, is the biography of fictional Indian town, Malgudi; his conflict with his estranged son and how he finally leaves for renunciation, overwhelmed by the sheer pressure and monotony of his life. The novel was produced into ""Mithaivalla,"" part of the Hindi TV series, Malgudi Days, and was subsequently dubbed into English. Jagan is a 55-year-old sweetmeat vendor, a successful businessman, a vehement follower of Mahatma Gandhi and an honest, hardworking and humble resident of the fictional suburb, Malgudi, India. In his youth, he was influenced deeply by"
"Manohar Malgonkar Manohar Malgonkar (Marathi: मनोहर माळगांवकर; 12 July 1913, Belgaum district – 14 June 2010, Joida) was an Indian author of both fiction and nonfiction in the English language. He was also a big game hunter, a civil servant, a mine owner and a farmer. Malgonkar was born in Jagalbetta village, near Loda in Belgaum district. His maternal grandfather had been governor of Gwalior State. He began his education in Belgaum. He later attended school in Dharwad and graduated from Mumbai University. After, he joined the army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Maratha Light"
"R. K. Narayan R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, was an Indian writer known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of ""Swami and Friends"", ""The Bachelor of Arts"" and ""The English Teacher"". The fictional town of Malgudi was first introduced in ""Swami and Friends"". Narayan’s"
"Days"". Narayan was happy with the adaptations and complimented the producers for sticking to the storyline in the books. R. K. Narayan R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, was an Indian writer known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of ""Swami and Friends"", ""The Bachelor"
"Dagdu Maruti Pawar Daya Pawar or Dagdu Maruti Pawar (1935–20 December 1996) was an Indian Marathi language author and poet known for his contributions to Dalit literature that dealt with the atrocities experienced by the dalits or untouchables under the Hindu caste system. He was born to a Mahar Dalit family in Dhamangaon (Taluka: Akole, District: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India). He was a Buddhist by religion. He gained fame for his autobiographical 1978 novel ""Baluta"" (), written as a story told by Dagdu Pawar to the more literate Daya Pawar, both being personas of the author. The novel recounts the ""experiences"
"1983, Narayan published his next novel, ""A Tiger for Malgudi"", about a tiger and its relationship with humans. His next novel, ""Talkative Man"", published in 1986, was the tale of an aspiring journalist from Malgudi. During this time, he also published two collections of short stories: ""Malgudi Days"" (1982), a revised edition including the original book and some other stories, and ""Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories"", a new collection. In 1987, he completed ""A Writer's Nightmare"", another collection of essays about topics as diverse as the caste system, Nobel prize winners, love, and monkeys. The collection included essays"
"Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, ""Midnight's Children"" (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be ""the best novel of all winners"" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He combines magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His fourth novel, ""The Satanic Verses"" (1988), was the subject of a major"
"is considered to be one of the best novelists India has ever produced. He brought small-town India to his audience in a manner that was both believable and experiential. Malgudi was not just a fictional town in India, but one teeming with characters, each with their own idiosyncrasies and attitudes, making the situation as familiar to the reader as if it were their own backyard. In 2014, Google commemorated Narayan's 108th birthday by featuring a doodle showing him behind a copy of Malgudi Days. In mid-2016, Narayan's former home in Mysore was converted to a museum in his honor. The"
"The Guide The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R. K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. The novel describes the transformation of the protagonist, Raju, from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and then one of the greatest holy men of India. The novel brought its author the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award for English, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Railway Raju (nicknamed) is a disarmingly corrupt tour guide who is famous among tourists. He falls in"
"Greene is inscribed on the front endpaper of a copy of ""Swami and Friends"" Narayan presented to Greene: ""But for you, Swami should be in the bottom of Thames now"". Swami and Friends Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from India. The novel, the first book Narayan wrote, is set in British India in a fictional town called Malgudi. The second and third books in the trilogy are ""The Bachelor of Arts"" and ""The English Teacher"". ""Malgudi Schooldays"" is a slightly abridged version of ""Swami and"
"Mamoni Raisom Goswami Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, is an Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983), the Jnanpith Award (2001) and Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008). A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature, many of her works have been translated into English from her native Assamese which include ""The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker"", ""Pages Stained With Blood"" and ""The Man from Chinnamasta"". She was also well known for her attempts"
"that in the conclusion the drought ends and Raju dies, unlike the book in which the questions remain unanswered. The novel was also adapted into a play in 1968. The play was profiled in the William Goldman book """". The Guide The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R. K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. The novel describes the transformation of the protagonist, Raju, from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and then one of the greatest holy men of"
"Shreekumar Varma Shreekumar Varma is an Indian author, playwright, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels ""Lament of Mohini"" (Penguin, 2000), ""Maria's Room"" (Harper Collins, 2010), ""Devil's Garden: Tales Of Pappudom"" (Puffin, 2006), ""The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu"" (Puffin, 2009) and the historical book for children, ""Pazhassi Raja: The Royal Rebel"" (Macmillan, 1997). Varma was born in 1955 in Satelmond Palace, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram. His parents left Kerala and settled down in Madras when he was four. He studied in the Good Shepherd Convent, the Madras Christian College High School and the Madras Christian College, from where he completed his"
"Manu Bhandari Mannu Bhandari (born 3 April 1931) is an Indian author, whose work dates up to late 1950s - early 1960s. She is most known for her two Hindi novels, ""Aapka Banti"" and ""Mahabhoj"". She is often credited as one of the pioneers of the Nayi Kahaani Movement, a Hindi literary movement initiated by authors including Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar etc. Starting in the 1950s, a newly independent India was going through societal transformations like urbanization and industrialization . This demanded new debates, new opinions and new points of view, provided by those part of the"
"The World of Nagaraj The World of Nagaraj (1990) is a classic piece of literature by R. K. Narayan. It is based in the fictional town of Malgudi, a small town in South India. 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. But everything"
"Bhalchandra Nemade Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade (born 1938) is a Marathi writer, poet, critic and linguistic scholar from Maharashtra, India. Beginning with his debut novel Kosala, Nemade brought new dimensions to the world of Marathi literature. This was followed by a tetralogy consisting of novels ""Bidhar"", ""Hool"", ""Jareela"" and ""Jhool"". In 2013, Nemade published his magnum opus titled ""Hindu: Jagnyachi Samruddha Adgal"" (Marathi: हिंदू: जगण्याची समृद्ध अडगळ) which is regarded as his masterpiece. Nemade is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award as well as the Jnanapith Award, the highest literary honour in India. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma"
"what they represent (traditionality and modernity respectively), thus presenting the problematic themes of human character and their relationships with one another. The Painter of Signs The Painter of Signs is a 1976 novel by R. K. Narayan. One of Narayan's later works, the Painter of Signs is a bittersweet novel that looks at the lives of Raman, a painter of sign boards, and Daisy, a social worker interested in curtailing India's population growth. The story is set in Malgudi, like many of Narayan's works with the Sarayu, Ellaman street and The Boardless Hotel being significant landmarks in the novel. At"
"Premchand Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Munshi Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of the early twentieth century. He began writing under the pen name ""Nawab Rai"", but subsequently switched to ""Premchand"", Munshi being an honorary prefix. A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the """"Upanyas Samrat"""" (""Emperor among Novelists"") by writers. His works include"
"stationery owner and the drunkard engineer and Talkative Man. The World of Nagaraj The World of Nagaraj (1990) is a classic piece of literature by R. K. Narayan. It is based in the fictional town of Malgudi, a small town in South India. 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"
"written an essay about growing up gay in India in the journal Granta and has published op-eds about gay issues in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Manil Suri Manil Suri (born July 1959) is an Indian-American mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods. His first novel, ""The Death of Vishnu"" (2001), which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize that year. Since then he has published two more novels, ""The Age of Shiva"" (2008) and ""The City"
"After some twists, typical to Narayan's style, such as taking up a caretaker job in a temple, Savitri ultimately cannot bear living without her children, so she comes back, then she starts deciding to live with the burden. The Dark Room (Narayan novel) The Dark Room is a novel written by R.K.Narayan, the well-known English-language novelist from India. Like most of his other works, this is a tale set in the fictitious town of Malgudi. This work of literature was first published in Great Britain in 1938 by Macmillan & Co., Ltd. London. The first Indian edition came out in"
"International Red Cross Society of India - Press Institute of India Award for Best Reporting from Conflict Zones, and the inaugural The Hindu Fiction Award, and also the Karadi Tales and Deccan Herald short story contests and the Prakriti Foundation poetry competition. Shreekumar Varma Shreekumar Varma is an Indian author, playwright, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels ""Lament of Mohini"" (Penguin, 2000), ""Maria's Room"" (Harper Collins, 2010), ""Devil's Garden: Tales Of Pappudom"" (Puffin, 2006), ""The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu"" (Puffin, 2009) and the historical book for children, ""Pazhassi Raja: The Royal Rebel"" (Macmillan, 1997). Varma was born in"
"he went on to ""blossom as one of the top stars of South Indian cinema"". The film was later rewritten by Narayan as the 1949 novel ""Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi"", which in turn was adapted into the Hindi film ""Mr. Sampat"" (1952) directed by Vasan and starring Motilal Rajvansh, and a 1972 Tamil film directed by and starring Cho Ramaswamy. Although no print of ""Miss Malini"" is known to survive, which makes it a lost film, surviving artefacts include its songs, along with a few stills and newspaper advertisements. Miss Malini Miss Malini is a 1947 Indian"
"streets of Malgudi, and allowed them to feel the same aromas, the same, bright Indian sunlight and the same feelings of his characters.""""Reading Narayan, you soon see, is a little like sitting on a rocking chair in a steadily churning train; the story is always pushing forward, with not a wasted sentence or detail, and yet its theme and often its characters are all about going nowhere and getting nothing done.""""""-Pico Iyer"" in ""Midnight's Uncle"", an introduction to ""The Vendor of Sweets."" The Vendor of Sweets The Vendor of Sweets (1967), by R. K. Narayan, is the biography of fictional"
"Manil Suri Manil Suri (born July 1959) is an Indian-American mathematician and writer of a trilogy of novels all named for Hindu gods. His first novel, ""The Death of Vishnu"" (2001), which was long-listed for the 2001 Booker Prize, short-listed for the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize that year. Since then he has published two more novels, ""The Age of Shiva"" (2008) and ""The City of Devi"" (2013), completing the trilogy. Suri was born in Bombay, the son of R.L. Suri, a Bollywood music director, and Prem Suri, a schoolteacher. He attended the University"
"Aravind Malagatti Aravind Malagatti (1 May 1956) is a prominent Indian Dalit poet and writer writing in Kannada. He is the author of more than forty books which include poetry collections, short fiction collections, a novel, essay-collections, critical works and folklore studies. He is the recipient of the prestigious Ambedkar Fellowship Award from the Government of Karnataka. His ""Government Brahamana"", the first Dalit autobiography in Kannada, has won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award. Apart from these, the Honorary Award of Karnataka Sahitya Academy was conferred on him for his total contribution to Kannada literature. He is appointed as Chairman for"
"Nirad C. Chaudhuri Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, CBE (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian English-language writer. Chaudhuri authored numerous works in English and Bengali. His oeuvre provides a magisterial appraisal of the histories and cultures of India, especially in the context of British colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Chaudhuri is best known for ""The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian"", published in 1951. Over the course of his literary career, he received numerous accolades for his writing. In 1966, ""The Continent of Circe"" was awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial Award, making Chaudhuri the first and only"
"He also wrote the following books in Bengali: Nirad C. Chaudhuri Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, CBE (23 November 1897 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian English-language writer. Chaudhuri authored numerous works in English and Bengali. His oeuvre provides a magisterial appraisal of the histories and cultures of India, especially in the context of British colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Chaudhuri is best known for ""The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian"", published in 1951. Over the course of his literary career, he received numerous accolades for his writing. In 1966, ""The Continent of Circe"" was awarded the Duff Cooper"
"Shivaji Sawant Shivaji Sawant (; 31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was a renowned novelist in Marathi. He is known as Mrityunjaykaar (meaning Maker of Mrityunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel Mrityunjay. He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with prestigious Moortidevi Award in 1994. He wrote a book ""Mrityunjay"" (English: ""Triumph Over Death"") based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated into Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book ""Chhava"" based on"
"and then published. Niccolao Manucci Niccolao Manucci (19 April 1638–1717) was an Italian writer and traveller. He wrote a memoir about the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal era. He records have been a source of history about Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Shah Alam, Raja Jai Singh and Kirat Singh. Manucci is famous for his work ""Storia do Mogor"", an account of Mughal history and life. Manucci had first-hand knowledge of the Mughal court, and the book is considered to be the most detailed account of the Mughal court. It is an important account of the time of the later"
"The Painter of Signs The Painter of Signs is a 1976 novel by R. K. Narayan. One of Narayan's later works, the Painter of Signs is a bittersweet novel that looks at the lives of Raman, a painter of sign boards, and Daisy, a social worker interested in curtailing India's population growth. The story is set in Malgudi, like many of Narayan's works with the Sarayu, Ellaman street and The Boardless Hotel being significant landmarks in the novel. At its very core, The Painter of Signs is Raman and Daisy's progressive love story in a conservative town in South India."