RK Narayan celebrated in a Google doodle – but only in India
Search giant celebrates the birthday of ‘famed Indian writer RK Narayan’ in the author’s homeland
May 2011
Rereading
Rereading: RK Narayan
A visit to the city that inspired RK Narayan's fictional south Indian town, Malgudi, on the 10th anniversary of his death
April 2011
Children's books
Malgudi Schooldays by RK Narayan - review
Groovy Dhruv: 'A truly great story and is a must for every human being'
March 2006
The god of small things
RK Narayan brings great world themes to life through the everyday dramas and characters of his fictional Indian town of Malgudi. Alexander McCall Smith celebrates a modest master.
June 2002
Classicwatch: New editions of old favourites
R. K. Narayan is among the greatest English-language novelists of the twentieth century, and The English Teacher is one of his finest works, shot through with wit, tinged with sadness.
July 2001
The making of a novelist
A sense of community
June 2001
The making of a novelist
RK Narayan died last month. Here we publish extracts from his new memoir
May 2001
R K Narayan
India's greatest writer, illuminating the human condition through small-town life.
