at the end of the book‚ he created a space for himself called "Malgudi" and developed his own characters‚ like a puppet master making his own puppets from cloth and giving them life when he does the show. His stories are universal‚ probably because the themes and characters of the stories are easy to identify with. He should be ninety-seven this year (year 2000). From what I know‚ his other books include " Malgudi Days"‚ where " An Astrologer’s Day" is taken from.
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INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH POEM THE BEGINNING The renaissance in modern Indian Literature begins with Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The infiltration of western culture‚ the study of English literature‚ the adoption of western scientific techniques‚ gave a jolt to India’s traditional life. It shocked us into a new awareness‚ a sense of urgency‚ and the long dormant intellectual and critical impulse was quickened into sudden life and the reawakening Indian spirit went forth to meet the violent challenge of
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A little bit about the book... Anything I mention about the book can be mistakenly understood as ’spoilers’‚ so I would rather give a glance into the book without mentioning any events or plots of the story. Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British ruling... Like most kids of that age‚ Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hated school‚ even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the
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Swami and Friends | | Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by RK Narayan‚ a celebrated English novelist from India. The novel‚ which is also Narayan’s first‚ is set in pre-independence days in India‚ in a fictional town - Malgudi‚ which has almost become a real place in India today‚ due to the wide recognition and popularity of Narayan’s many novels. His novels are known for their ’deftly etched characters‚ his
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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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come to mind when the question is posted. I‚ for one‚ hold Dr. Shankar responsible for Susila’s death. His demeanor‚ attitude and work ethics throughout her ordeal did not justify his supposed status as ’the most successful practitioner in town [Malgudi]"‚ let alone "the greatest physician on earth". For starters‚ Dr. Shankar is way too sloppy in the way he works. When Krishna‚ the protagonist‚ first sought help from the physician‚ Dr. Shankar merely "asked a few questions‚ wrote down a prescription
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Syllabus of English (BDP) B.A. (Hons.) Course Code : EEG NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY 1‚ Woodburn Park‚ Kolkata-700 020 Tel. : 2283-5157 TeleFax : 033-2283 5082Course Structure For The Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP) in English 1. Compulsory Subjects : Foundation Course (a) Humanities and Social Science (FHS) 8 Credits (b) Science and Technology (FST) 8 Credits (c) Bengali (FBG) 4 Credits (d) English (FEG) 4 Credits 24 Credits 2. Elective Subjects : Honours Course (EEG) Paper 1 : Reading Poetry
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R. K. Narayan is one of the postcolonial writers of India who are found to project the nation building attitude in their writings. His Waiting for the Mahatma‚ set in the surroundings of the writer’s created village Malgudi‚ is woven against the unconventional backdrop of the freedom movement. But in spite of using directly the national experience as the central theme as did Raja Rao‚ Narayan puts it in the background giving preference to the personal narrative. In Waiting for the Mahatma‚ the story
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By Indian English Writing‚ we mean that body of literature which is written by Indians in English. It could be in the form of poetry‚ prose‚ fiction or drama. English is not our mother tongue and we are not native speakers of English‚ yet when in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ English was introduced as the medium of instruction in our educational system‚ Indians were able to read Western literature that was available in English. They found the language
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Khoj‚ The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Chandrakanta. Hindi film songs based programs like Chitrahaar‚ Rangoli‚ Superhit Muqabla crime thrillers like Karamchand‚ Byomkesh Bakshi. Shows targeted at children include Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyan‚ Vikram Betal‚ Malgudi Days‚ Tenali Rama. Post Liberalisation Television: The central government launched a series of economic and social reforms in 1991 under PM Narasimha Rao. Under the new policies the government allowed private and
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