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Down Malgudi lane: A house of memories

After years of disrepair and disregard, acclaimed author R K Narayan's house is slowly inching towards becoming a memorial. A cloud of dust blankets the two-storied bungalow that stands......

Master Diplomat, Malgudi Maestro, Mysore

R K Narayan's house has been preserved as a simple museum with his memorabilia, thanks to the imagination of a commissioner of Mysore, who stopped its sale by the author's successors to a property......

Tribute: Shrilal Shukla's work shocked India, left it naked

Shrilal Shukla, author of the iconic Raag Darbari and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, passed away last week. In a touching tribute, Sidharth Monga revisits Shukla's most famous work, in which......

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

Capturing the entire gamut of idiosyncrasies of Indian politicians in an innocuous newspaper box with his cartoons, R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny......

God, math, and Ramanujan's fascinating story

December 22 marks the 129th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the greatest Indian mathematician of the 20th century.Just 32 when he died, Ramanujan has fascinated mathematicians, writers......

The return of Malgudi Days

Malgudi Days, directed by the late Shankar Nag, was a phenomenon when it first appeared on Doordarshan in the 80s. The author, R K Narayan, had once described Malgudi as a town "habited by timeless......

Review: Malgudi Days fails to convey anything

Paresh C Palicha wonders why Malgudi Days has so many subplots when the main idea itself was good enough for a film. The title of the film is very misleading as it has no connection with the......

What You Can Watch On OTT This Week

From dark humour to days of innocence, it's quite an emotional spectrum on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your viewing options. Half Pants Full PantsWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

'Swami has the Malgudi Days effect'

He started his own dance group at the young age of 12, became a choreographer at 19 and worked in his first film, Anaam, at 21. That's choreographer-turned-film director, Ganesh Acharya, for you.......

Panchayat 2 Review

If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out......

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News for Malgudi

Down Malgudi lane: A house of memories

Master Diplomat, Malgudi Maestro, Mysore

Tribute: Shrilal Shukla's work shocked India, left it naked

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

God, math, and Ramanujan's fascinating story

The return of Malgudi Days

Review: Malgudi Days fails to convey anything

What You Can Watch On OTT This Week

'Swami has the Malgudi Days effect'

Panchayat 2 Review

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