
I picked it up because of the cover. Cartoonish. Not as stylish and riotous as the late Mario Miranda's drawings. But similar in theme. In the attention to detail. It didn't tell me much about the stories inside though. The back leaf said the short stories inside were a bit like Malgudi Days. That's the only reason I shoved it into my satchel. Figured I could use some laughter on...

07:14 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Bangalore: The Malgudi days are here again. And so is the 'Malgudi Express' - chugging between Mysore and the Yashwantpur station of Bangalore. Fiction? No. In a tribute to RK Narayan, who created Malgudi in his superfine mind and gave the world the endearing Swamy and his friends from this imagined village in Mysore, the railways have decided to run the 'Malgudi Express'. 'The Mysore-Yesvantpur-Mysore Express is named with immediate...

01:06 PM, Sep 26, 2011

Karnataka turns 50 years old this year but 2006 is also the centenary of Karnataka's own Malgudi man - R K Narayan. ...

11:43 AM, Oct 30, 2006