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A neighbourhood’s quest to save R.K. Narayan’s former home blends fiction, non-fiction, and Mysuru’s rich literary history.

Its characters form a modern conglomeration of Malgudi’s finest, navigating quirky bureaucracies, family drama, and cultural contrasts.

Though sometimes insider-ish, it remains an affectionate portrait of a city that is an entire ethos and school of writing.

Much like Rukmini Aunty, my house is within a stone’s throw of the former home of author R.K. Narayan in the Yadavgiri neighbourhood of Mysuru. The city is also abuzz with a multitude of similar book clubs though none are really devoted to R.K. Narayan, more to contemporary literature, and out of this arises the heady festivities of the Mysuru Literature festival and others like it in b

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