William Faulkner had his Yoknapatawpha County. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has his Macondo. These two imagined communities have a sister village in south India — a place called Malgudi. In that village, ...

Criticism can be both uncomfortable and revealing, often more about human ego than honest improvement. Here’s what R.K ...

R.K. Narayan, the literary chronicler of small-town life in South India and one of the first Indians writing in English to achieve international acclaim, died yesterday in Madras, India. He was 94.

When R. K. Narayan died, in the spring of 2001 at the age of ninety-four, his legacy seemed assured. Over seven decades of literary activity, he had produced fourteen novels, countless essays, and ...

I’m sure this is where he wrote his books, Amma! It looks like a writer’s nook,” exclaimed Taran. Quotes by the author had ...

LIKE many young writers, R.K. Narayan found it difficult at first to get his work published. In 1934, after his novel “Swami and Friends” had been rejected by numerous publishers, he sent the ...

It was 1995, much before the days of mobile phones and selfies to record the moments. The writer R.K. Narayan had turned 90 and I was commissioned by my then-editor to meet him for an interview in ...

R K Narayan's quote urges people to appreciate their current blessings True understanding comes from recognising what you already have Gratitude helps reduce frustration and brings balance to daily ...

After impressing everyone with his melodious voice and soulful compositions, Shankar Mahadevan is all set to treat our taste buds with his unique recipes. The singer and composer will be starting a ...