RK Narayan's most celebrated novel, The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, India’s highest literary honor the first book written *in English to win that award*
Even if I didn't know you I'd always say that this is an essay of an accomplished researcher.
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The Guide is intricately woven into Indian mythology. It could be Raju's Ramayana.
He picks up the role of Valmiki in the story. Recall that Valmiki started out as a dacoit and he gets the two sons of Rama to narrate Ramayana!
If you think that is a stretch, have a read of RKN's Gods, Demigods and Others. There is one whole essay on Valmiki.
Haji Mastan thought of himself as Valmiki. So, Valmiki was the original Tamil gangster to terrorise India.
Even if I didn't know you I'd always say that this is an essay of an accomplished researcher.
Thanks.
The Guide is intricately woven into Indian mythology. It could be Raju's Ramayana.
He picks up the role of Valmiki in the story. Recall that Valmiki started out as a dacoit and he gets the two sons of Rama to narrate Ramayana!
If you think that is a stretch, have a read of RKN's Gods, Demigods and Others. There is one whole essay on Valmiki.
Haji Mastan thought of himself as Valmiki. So, Valmiki was the original Tamil gangster to terrorise India.