R. K. Narayan (born 1906) is one of the best-known of the Indo-English writers. He created the imaginary town of Malgudi, where realistic characters in a typically Indian setting lived amid unpredicta...
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In the following essay, Singh analyzes the place of art and immortality in Narayan's The Guide.
The desire for immortality which in Jungian terms is a "primordial affirmation" ...
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In the following essay, Sankaran analyzes Narayan's fusing of traditional Indian myth and the English novel form, focusing on The Guide.
The novel as a genre, especially in the twentieth cen...
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Teaching The Guide
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The Guide Lesson Plans contain 113 pages of teaching material, including:
A Myanmar man who served as a guide to a slain Japanese video
journalist said Friday in Tokyo that the journalist, Kenji Nagai, was
under surveillance by a man suspected to be a junta agent b...
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Rome (dpa) The queue outside the Colosseum is long and winding.
But with aching feet and the sun burning, waiting for an hour or so
to get into the ancient amphitheat...
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The French Laundry restaurant ru...
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Like most 5-year-olds, Nicholas loves to play. But not every toy is fun for Nicholas, who is autistic.
"It's hard to find something just for him. It's pretty aggravating shopping for ...
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A new guide co-produced by the French Tourism Ministry advises businesspeople not to mention Tibet, Taiwan and the Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators when negotiating with th...
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State wildlife officials said Wednesday they want to know how the huge hog dubbed "Monster Pig" got into a fenced hunting preserve where it was chased down and shot to death by an 11-year-old boy.T...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - Conservationists in Hong Kong Tuesday began
distributing a pocket-sized guide to seafood lovers in the territory
urging them to stop eating endangered fish...
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No...
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R. K. Narayan
Critical Essay by Balbir Singh
Slain Japanese video journalist was under surveillance, says guide
