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"R.K. Narayan . . . has been compared to Gogol in England, where he has acquired a well-deserved reputation. The comparison is apt, for Narayan, an Indian, is a writer of Gogol's stature, with the same gift for creating a provincial atmosphere in a time of change. . . . One is convincingly... read more
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“Feeling a beautiful hour or a beautiful scene or a beautiful object is itself a form of prayer.”
Mahatma Gandhi -
“Even a number would be better than a name ,if a name meant branding a man as of his religion or that.”
Mahatama
First Sentence
HIS mother, who died delivering him, and his father, who was killed in Mesopotamia, might have been figures in a legend as far as Sriram was concerned.
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Authors & Contributors
- R. K. Narayan (Author)
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