R.K. Narayan, the literary chronicler of small-town life in South India and one of the first Indians writing in English to achieve international acclaim, died yesterday in Madras, India. He was 94.

Friday's Google doodle on R K Narayan's 108th Birthday. R K Narayan, each time you hear the name of this Indian novelist, the mind takes a trip down the memory lane to the fictitious south Indian ...

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanswami, popularly known as R K Narayan, who lived a life full of accolades, took a rest on this day in 2001. The Indian writer, better known for ‘Malgudi Days’, awed ...

R K Narayan's short story ‘Selvi’ is inspired by aspects of M S Subbulakshmi’s life that lay behind the glist and glamour of her stardom. 16 September, marks the 105th birth anniversary of the doyen ...

The man of Malgudi may have been born and raised in Madras, but it’s Mysore, his adoptive city, that wants to memorialise him. CHENNAI: The man of Malgudi may have been born and raised in Madras, but ...

Arthur J Pais reveals little known facts about Dev Anand's film, Guide. The list of artists Dev Anand introduced or gave big breaks to in his movies includes Zeenat Aman (Hare Rama Hare Krishna, 1971) ...

Saved from demolition by the Karnataka government's decision to declare it a heritage building, the house that belonged to noted writer R.K. Narayan in Yadavagiri, Mysore, will be restored “at the ...

R.K. Narayan's family has expressed happiness over the Karnataka government's decision to declare the late writer's house in Mysore a heritage monument, said Minister for Urban Development S. Suresh ...