Topic started by GV (@ hse-london-ppp244335.sympatico.ca) on Sat May 12 23:41:09 .
R(asipuram) K(rishnaswamy) Narayan has passed away, long live his stories and fame. He was one of the greatest story tellers of the world. The (imaginary) village of Malgudi became a landmark all around the world. R.K. Narayan was short listed for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times, but he never made it all the way (so far). One of the jokes in the literary circles was that the Nobel Committee and the western readers ignored his books because of the misleading titles. Many people apparently thought that they were self-help books on various subjects ( The English Teacher, The Painter of Signs, etc)!!
Let us hope that he wins this well deserved award this year. Better late than never.
Please share your thoughts, opinions and comments about this great Indian.
R.K. Narayan
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From: raagadevan on 9th September 2011 04:46 AM [Full View]
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From: chhinder on 21st September 2011 07:38 AM [Full View]
I love RKN stories especially Malguddy days. It seems we, ourselves are moving here and there with the innocent child in villages of India.
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From: anisha_astrologer on 28th December 2011 02:11 PM [Full View]
Malgudi Days was something we grew up reading and watching. he was a gem and no indian library could ever be complete without his stories in there.
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From: raagadevan on 20th October 2012 10:27 AM [Full View]
Mysore University to take over R.K. Narayan’s bungalow
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...?homepage=true
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From: 19thmay on 3rd April 2013 10:51 AM [Full View]
The Dark Room
Man you are awesome!
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From: raagadevan on 16th April 2013 06:18 AM [Full View]
Rereading: R.K. Narayan
By Charles Nicholl - The Guardian, May 14, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...di-south-india
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From: raagadevan on 16th April 2013 06:22 AM [Full View]
Rereading: R.K. Narayan
By Charles Nicholl - The Guardian - May 14, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...di-south-india
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From: raagadevan on 11th October 2014 01:52 AM [Full View]
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From: raagadevan on 26th January 2015 10:49 PM [Full View]
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman (R.K. Narayan's brother) dies at 93
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...w/46021781.cms
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From: raagadevan on 3rd March 2019 10:33 AM [Full View]