Essay --

Malgudi is, and will evermore be a land of imagination, in which sustains, its own perplex of problems and dynamics. The pock of recurring characters is a reassuring and comforting thought. While embarking on a new Narayan novel, the readers get a feeling of familiarity with the place and the people.Right from his first chapter in Swami And Friends to the last chapter he wrote in Grandmothers Tale, he strives to show a world of conflict that is Malgudi. This is where, the beauty of his writing lies. Narayan managed to hold back an average readers interest in Malgudi over a period of six decades. Malgudi was created and written about, by R.K. Narayan, keeping in estimate his hometown of Mysore. Seen as place which is more or less stagnated, the akin set of characters and places help the reader get a continuous reading experience. and it has helped in creating a unique identity to this place.Saying that Malgudi remains the same over the course of Narayans career as a writer, wo uld be unfair. For one could see signs of development in the latter bookswhich could have been inspire by p...