A Study of Suppression of Social Speeches in the Novel of R.K.Narayan

Indians have to wait for the novel, to be called properly, until the Western impact on Indians and their culture, first as a functional, in the development of formal written prose, and then as an artistic medium. However, the real commitment of the novel was started with the works of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee whose first effort -- Rajmohan‟s Life (1864) -- was in English. In India, novel as a genre was already established during third decade of the 20thcentury. Novel was immediately confronted by complicated problems: to reproduce life objectively to portray reality in the context of certain historical period, and reveal the psychology of human nature. A solution to these problems lay on the shoulders of eminent novelists like R.K. Narayan, Mulk RajAnand, Raja Rao and others and their contribution was highly appreciated by critics and readers. R.K. Narayan has been regarded as the best Indian writer in the English language. The adjective „Indian‟ needs to be understood on several levels. He is neither AngloIndian nor Indo-Anglian; he is very much an Indian both in spirit and thought. He dealt with great themes but with great simplicity; he carried his home, his cosmos, on his back, as did the ageless Swamis of India.