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Reavan Posted 20 years ago
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Swami and his Friends by R.K. Narayan

Swami and his Friends is an English novel written by R.K. Narayan, one of the celebrated and most loved authors of India.

This post is dedicated to sharing reviews on this book.

For more about R.K. Narayan, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.K._Narayan

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I wasnt much interested in these Supplementary books after I read books like ’’The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’,’’Great Expectations’’,’’Tom Sawyers School Days’’ etc in my previous classes. As I have a great flair for nativity,I used to hate these novels that had potrayed all about English food,English way of life,English Environment, English culture etc. That was where ’’Swami and his Friends’’ came as a breath of fresh air.

  • I wasnt much interested in these Supplementary books after I read books like ’’The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’,’’Great Expectations’’,’’Tom Sawyers School Days’’ etc in my previous classes.
  • As I have a great flair for nativity,I used to hate these novels that had potrayed all about English food,English way of life,English Environment, English culture etc.
  • That was where ’’Swami and his Friends’’ came as a breath of fresh air.
  • In short I shall call it the ’’Dil Chatha Hai’’ of that time period.
  • His potrayal of the senior charecters in the book is one example for the term ’’perfect’’.
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Without doubt,it is the best book I have ever had my hands across by a large margin.This book was very instrumental in my life and in shaping my love to English language.I remember I got this book as a supplementary book when I was 8 Std.I wasnt much interested in these Supplementary books after I read books like ’’The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’’,’’Great Expect
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Although I haven't read the book, as a child, I was an avid fan of the serial 'Malgudi Days'. The stories were very realistic and something that common people could relate to.
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Emotion: big smile I am reading this book for the first time but my mom is great fan of malgudi days

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