Question

Discuss the significance of the title "swami and friends" by R.K Narayan in about 300words.

Answer 1

Answer:

Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from India. The novel, the first book Narayan wrote, is set in British India in a fictional town called Malgudi. The second and third books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher.

Swami and Friends

Swami and Friends (Malgudi Schooldays) cover.jpg

Cover of Malgudi School days 2009 Puffin Classics edition

Author

R. K. Narayan

Malgudi Schooldays is a slightly abridged version of Swami and Friends, and includes two additional stories featuring Swami from Malgudi Days and Under the Banyan