BOOK REVIEW

MALGUDI DAYS - BY R.K. NARAYAN

Malgudi days is a collection of 32 short funny and witty stories. It is written by R.K. Narayan, one of the finest Indian authors.The stories happen in Malgudi, an imaginary town located somewhere on the banks of Sarayu (a river in South India). Even though it is common to call Malgudi an imaginary town, you will not feel it is imaginary while reading the book. You can trace it to any village in south India. The stories carry the scent and sounds of these villages and you instantly blend into the situations in the stories. You will feel as though you are the character in the story yourself and may be that is the secret behind the success of this immensely popular book.

Swami and Friends are the first of a trilogy set in a fictional town of South India called Malgudi. The plot revolves around Swami, a demure yet outspoken boy, and his two friends Rajam and Mani. They get involved in various adventures as they roam around the town trying to find things to do.

The beginning of the book automatically alerts you to what this story is going to be about. You get to know that this story is specifically revolving around Swami, a boy from a town called Malgudi who hates school. Swami is an upper-caste vegetarian Brahmin, no doubt.

All the stories are excellent, it’s hard to pick a few but a few I liked the most are The Missing Mail, The Doctor’s word, The blind dog, Such Perfection, Forty-Five a month, The Axe, Lawley Road, Mother & Son, Selvi, Second Opinion.

In “The Missing Mail” a village postman’s emotions with a household are displayed when he doesn’t deliver a bad mail to the house until the daughter of the house is wedded.

In the “Doctor’s Word” it shows how a doctor’s word is considered to be God’s word and just by listening to a lie how the doctor’s friend cruises through a bad disease which almost killed him.

It's stories are well known to everyone in some way or the other. I recommend you to read this book, it's totally worth reading...... Have a great day ahead.