Swami and friends a first novel written by R. K. Narayan testifies ingeniousness of writer. R. K. Narayan created well known fictional town Malgudi. which provided setting of almost all Narayan’s later Novels. Malgudi is on bank of river Sarayu. Sarayu is a pride of Malgudi. It flows across north like a silver belt. Its sandbanks were the evening resort to people of Malgudi. Swami and friends is a story of boy called Swaminathan. Who hates Monday loves Saturday. Throws away books
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R. K. Narayan PROFILE: * NAME: R.K. Narayan * OCCUPATION: Journalist‚ Author * BIRTH DATE: October 10‚ 1906 * DEATH DATE: May 13‚ 2001 * EDUCATION: Maharaja College of Mysore * PLACE OF BIRTH: Chennai‚ India * PLACE OF DEATH: Chennai‚ India * ORIGINALLY: Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami Indian author R.K. Narayan is widely considered to be one of India’s greatest English language novelists known for his simple
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Abdul Kalam at the 12th Wharton India Economic Forum‚ 2008 | 11th President of India | In office 25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 | Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh | Vice President | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Preceded by | K. R. Narayanan | Succeeded by | Pratibha Devisingh Patil | Personal details | Born | 15 October 1931 (age 81) Rameswaram‚ India (present day Tamil Nadu‚ India) | Alma mater | St. Joseph ’s College‚ Tiruchirappalli Madras Institute of Technology
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R. K. Narayan R. K. Narayan (born 1906) is one of the best-known of the Indo-English writers. He created the imaginary town of Malgudi‚ where realistic characters in a typically Indian setting lived amid unpredictable events. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami‚ who preferred the shortened name R.K. Narayan‚ was born in Madras‚ India‚ on Oct. 10‚ 1906. His father‚ an educator‚ travelled frequently‚ and his mother was frail‚ so Narayan was raised in Madras by his grandmother and an uncle. His grandmother
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“LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam pronunciation (help•info) (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Aerospace engineer‚ Professor and chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology‚ who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.[1] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour. Before
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Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) is perhaps the most controversial novel of R. K. Narayan. Apart from its artistic merits and demerits (which are considerable)‚ many Indian readers of the novel have felt dissatisfied with it and found it difficult to warm up to it particularly because of the way the Mahatma is portrayed in it. Non-Indian readers however have more or less favourably reacted to it‚ while being alive to its artistic lapses. An extreme instance is H. M. Williams who regards it as one of
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Tamil: அவுல் பகீர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்; born 15 October 1931 in Rameshwaram‚ Madras Presidency‚ Indian Empire)‚ usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ was the 11th President of India‚ serving from 2002 to 2007.[2] He was elected during the tenure of the National Democratic Alliance (India) coalition government‚ under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[3] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[4][5] Before
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Jennifer Glasper English 3036 Monday‚ March 6‚ 2012 Professor: E. Chou Malgudi Days‚ R. K Narayan The tasks take one short story by Narayan that you have read and show that it has literary traits it has in common with other short stories by Narayan. In most of these short stories we can see that the theme is an important idea of the author. The themes that are seen throughout most of the stories written by R.K. Narayan are adversities‚ difficulties and overcoming those difficulties
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A Horse and Two Goats Detailed Summary "A Horse and Two Goats" is the story of a comical and fateful meeting between two men‚ neither of who speak each other’s language. Muni and his wife live in poverty in a remote village in India called Kritam. In his prosperous days‚ before pestilence took most of his cattle‚ Muni had 40 sheep and goats. Now‚ in his old age‚ Muni has just two goats. His usual daily routine is to take the goats to graze two miles from his home‚ alongside the highway‚ at
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