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The epic story of Rama, which is part of the Indian collective consciousness, has been retold in many regional languages. Pre-eminent among the many vernacular retellings of the Ramayana is the twelfth-century Tamil version by Kamban. The son of a temple drummer, Kamban is reputed to have had an impressive mastery of Tamil and Sanskrit classics Fascinated by the lore of Ramayana, he immersed himself totally in it.
Though Kamban acknowledges his indebtedness to ...
R.K. Narayan's first novel was published in 1935 and his latest in 1986, His fame in India and abroad has, during this half century, grown steadily, and there is no disputing the fact that among all Indian writers of fiction in English he holds pride of place. What makes for Narayan's greatness is his intimate portraiture of life it is in a middle-class Indian home, and the streets and lanes where the poor and dispossessed carry on their occupations. His ...