Thanappa did not want to disrupt the wedding, even though hiding the letter should cost him his job.

After the wedding, Thanappa reveals a postcard to Ramanujam about the death of a relative, which should have been delivered May 20th. If it is delayed even one day, the groom's 'training' will delay it three years. The meeting goes well and everyone is rushing to get the wedding done May 20th. After the last marriage prospect falls through, Thanappa recommends a suitor in a faraway town. He delivered to a man named Ramanujam from before his daughter was born to the time she is of marrying age. Ī story about Thanappa, a postman who always talks to the people on his route. That night, the astrologer's wife asks where he had been so late, and he confesses he had tried to kill the man years ago. The impressed customer pays up (although not the promised sum) and the astrologer warns him not to travel to this part of the country again. After some haggling, the astrologer tells the man he had been stabbed and left for dead in a well. The astrologer resists the bet until he recognizes the man (who is called Guru Nayak). One day, a customer bets a large amount of money the astrologer can't reveal anything of substance. The townspeople believe his predictions because of his study, practice and shrewd guesswork. He applied for the job after going on the run, though we are not told why he ran away. Chapters Ī short story about an astrologer who knows nothing about stars or astrology. In 2014, Google commemorated Narayan's 108th birthday by featuring a Google Doodle showing him behind a copy of Malgudi Days. The new series was telecast from Apon Doordarshan. In 2004, the project was revived with film-maker Kavitha Lankesh replacing the late Shankar Nag as director. In 1986, a few of the stories in the book were included in the Malgudi Days television series and directed by actor and director, Shankar Nag. It's an art we need to study and revive.'

The New York Times described the virtue of the book as 'everyone in the book seems to have a capacity for responding to the quality of his particular hour. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, located in South India. The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R.

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