The credit of bringing name and reputation to Indo-English fiction goes to a few contemporary writers such as Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Nirad C Choudhary and R.K.Narayan. And among them R.K.Narayan is one of the leading figures. Narayan got much praise for his books, including the semi-autobiography trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. Narayan’s works also include The Financial Expert, which is hailed as one of the most original works of 1951 and Sahitya Akademi Award winner, The Guide which was adopted for film. In a sixty year of writing career Narayan received many awards and honours. These are A C Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature and the Padma Vibhushan , India’s second highest civilian award
Research Scholar, Dept. of English, Magadh University,Bodh-Gaya.
