The Guide (1958) is R. K. Narayan's popular tale of Raju, a former convict who is mistaken for a holy man upon his arrival in Narayan's fictional universe of Malgudi.
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (1981) is a multifaceted and ambitious work about India's history since its independence from Britain. Focusing on the story of Saleem Sinai, who was born at the stroke of midnight marking Independence, it includes elements of magic and fantasy, and it is highly allusive to classic texts including the Bible.....
