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Summer in the City: How my new part-time job (and R.K. Narayan) made me love Scotland (and want to write about it) again8 comments

Susanna Wickes wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been back in Scotland for three weeks now, and I’ve spent quite a large portion of that time fe … more →

Tags: Life, Scotland, Blogging, Edinburgh, Writer's Block

When R.K. Narayan went to see a 'blue' film 18 comments

churumuri wrote 1 month ago: Khushwant Singh in the Hindustan Times: “Once while attending a writers conference at Hawaii t … more →

Tags: Literati, Mysore-Bangalore, R.K. Narayan Campaign, churumuri, Hawaii, Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, sans-serif

Sunny, Vishy, Immy, ITC and namma Meera10 comments

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: NARENDRA K. writes: I was all of 18 years and Meera was 20. Life had meandered on amidst the vicissi … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Mysore-Bangalore, once upon a time, churumuri, Gundappa Vishwanath, Imran Khan, ITC, K.R. Circle, Khalid A.H. Ansari

Stuck-at-home generation; How India became America; Pass the books, hold the oil; Japan's rubble economy; Many 'criminals' among new India MLAs

joesnewspicks wrote 2 months ago: 1 Stuck-at-home generation (The New York Times) Sometime in the past 30 years, someone has hit the b … more →

Tags: India, BBC, stcuk-at-home generation, behavioural change, rubble economics, hold the oil

Review :India -A Wounded Civilisation 2 comments

tyler19durden wrote 2 months ago: V.S Naipaul’s second book much acclaimed, but rarely understood  India Trilogy -India : A Woun … more →

Tags: vs naipaul, India, vidia, mumbai, Gandhi, Emergency, Morarji

N. RAM: caustic, opinionated, humane & sensitive 7 comments

churumuri wrote 4 months ago: Thursday, 19 January 2012, is a red-letter day in The Hindu calendar. After an eight-year tenure as … more →

Tags: People, Newspapers, Magazines, RK Laxman, The Hindu, churumuri, Arun Shourie, The Indian Express, sans-serif

A home that housed four generations of genius21 comments

churumuri wrote 7 months ago: For a decade after his demise, R.K. Narayan‘s lovingly built residence in Mysore lay unloved a … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, R.K. Narayan Campaign, Literati, Mysore-Bangalore, Chetan Krishnaswamy, NDTV, churumuri, RK Laxman, sans-serif

Book Review: Talkative Man

inputthoughtput wrote 8 months ago: By R K Narayan RK Narayan, one of the foremost Indian English language novelists, is often credited … more →

Tags: Narayan, talkative man, book, Book Review, Novel, malgudi

CHURUMURI IMPACT: A train for R.K. Narayan5 comments

churumuri wrote 8 months ago: churumuri.com is delighted to record the renaming (and flagging off) of the daily Mysore-Yeshwanthpu … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, media, Mysore-Bangalore, R.K. Narayan Campaign, churumuri, Malgudi Express, Mysore-Yeshwanthpur Express, Ramachandra Guha, SM Krishna

S.M. Krishna revives Churumuri's RKN campaign 16 comments

churumuri wrote 9 months ago: The minister for external affairs, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, may be creating news for all the wr … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, R.K. Narayan Campaign, Literati, Mysore-Bangalore, Manmohan Singh, Ramachandra Guha, SM Krishna, churumuri, RK Laxman

'Where is Malgudi? Where we all wish we lived'12 comments

churumuri wrote 11 months ago: On the 10th anniversary of his passing away, The Guardian, London, has a long piece on the legendary … more →

Tags: R.K. Narayan Campaign, Literati, Mysore-Bangalore, Rajas & Maharajas, Chetan Krishnaswamy, churumuri, RK Laxman, T.S. Nagarajan, sans-serif

From Our Staff Correspondent: R.K. Narayan

churumuri wrote 11 months ago: On the 10th anniversary of his death, The Guardian, London, has a long piece on the legendary creato … more →

Tags: People, A bit of fun, Newspapers, T.S. Satyan, RK Laxman, churumuri, sans-serif, the guardian, T.S. Nagarajan

The Guide

Anbu wrote 1 year ago: Yes, the same book on which Dev Anand‘s movie ‘The Guide‘ made. I am happy that I … more →

Tags: Indian writing, Books, Fiction, indian writing, malgudi, guide

R.K.Narayan's Coffee Worries

ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Every now and then, one reads an article, a book or prose and it’s not sufficient merely to sh … more →

Tags: Book Excerpts, coffee worries, writers nightmare, South Indian

Questions for M/s Anil Kumble & Javagal Srinath15 comments

churumuri wrote 1 year ago: ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Bangalore:  R.K. Narayan‘s daughter didn’t become a write … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Cricket, Etcetera, Kannada & Karnataka, Mysore-Bangalore, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, M.N. Srinivas, Sunil Gavaskar, churumuri

Raise a glass to Douglas Adams on '42' day1 comment

Mark Hillary wrote 1 year ago: I was in Malta recently talking to some government representatives and they mentioned how a big new … more →

Tags: BBC, 2010, Malta, Life, Douglas Adams, binary, 42, forty-two, universe

'Your attention please: Flight IT 2404 is at MYQ'14 comments

churumuri wrote 1 year ago: When Rajiv Gandhi‘s “feeder airline” Vayudoot took flight in the mid-1980s, the on … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Mysore-Bangalore, R.K. Narayan Campaign, churumuri, IT 2404, IT 2407, Karnataka Photo News, kingfisher, airlines

EXCLUSIVE: Unpublished doodles of R.K. Laxman5 comments

churumuri wrote 1 year ago: The hand of India’s most famous newspaper cartoonist, R.K. Laxman, rests in a hospital in Bomb … more →

Tags: People, Newspapers, Art, RK Laxman, The Times of India, The Hindu, churumuri, sans-serif, N Ram

'Who told you I am a Tamilian? I am a Kannadiga'18 comments

churumuri wrote 1 year ago: The hand of India’s most famous newspaper cartoonist, R.K. Laxman, lies still in a hospital in … more →

Tags: Kannada & Karnataka, Literati, media, Mysore-Bangalore, Rajas & Maharajas, Akshay Kumar, Bisi Bele Baath, Breach Candy Hospital, churumuri


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