A few day's back Late R.K. Narayan's short story collction 'Malgudi Days'.
I had, previously a prejudice against Shri Narayan that he was middle-class, pessimist and escapist. This short-story collection has dispelled my notion.
Most of his subjects, particularly the subjects of this short story collection, are persons of the lower strata. He seems to have full sympathies towards them.
Mr. Narayan , in his works, had not expressed any agenda or philosophy or theory or practice, for the have-nots, his characters.
I personally believe that atheism and Marxism can uplift and equate the masses. They bring in a sort of dignity in the hitherto deprived. The Government of India and the State Governments have, unfortunately chosen the route of caste reservations and economic reforms approach. They cannot deliver. Their approach wastes time and resources. This has already been proved by the growing disparities in the income and wealth. Raising economic offenses proves the decay which has set into our country. This is a world phenomenon of course. Globalisation has accelerated and intensified the dirt and the malice.
The mAlguDi Days is worth reading. I have also come to know about a TV serial based on this . I have seen one or two picture-images of the village perceived as the mAlguDi village/town which was in Late R.K.'s mind. But, somehow, my mind revolted to accept the photos of the village street and the home.
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