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Vender of sweet – R.K. Narayan R.K. Narayan: - Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer R.K.Narayan was born in Madras on 10 th October 1906 south India, and educated at Madras and at Maharaja’s collage in Mysore. His first novel “Swami and friends” (1935) is sets in the fictional territory of Malgudi. His novel “The Guide” (1958) won him the National prize of the Indian literary Academy. He has published a travel book, the Emerald Route, three collections of essays; R.K.Narayan is well known for his work with the fictional south Indian town of Malguidi.   R.K.Narayan brings out social norms and everyday life of his characters. His short stories are compared to those of Guy de Maupassant. Because of the narrative style. He was in his latter part living alone in Mysore and developed an interest in     agriculture in 1980, Narayan was nominated to the Rajya Sabha for his dedication to literature. In May 2001, R.K.Narayan was hospitalized. A few hours before he was to be put on a ventilator he wa

   Two's Company   The poem They said the house was haunted, but He laughed at them and said, Tut-tut! I never heard such title – tattle As ghosts that groan and chains that rattle;   And just to prove I’m in the right Please leave me here to spend the night; They winked absurdly, tried to smother Their ignorant laughter, nudged each other   And left him just as dusk was falling With a hunchback moon and screech owls calling. Not that this troubled him one bit; In fact, he was quite glad of it; Knowing it’s every sane man’s mission To contradict all superstition.   But what is that?   Outside it seemed As if chains rattled someone screamed! Come, come, it’s merely nerves, he’s certain (but just the same, he draws the curtain). The stroke of twelve – but there’s no clock! He shuts the door and turns the lock (of course he knows that no –one’s there But no harm’s done by taking care!); Some one’s outside the silly joker, (he m