He was a highly precocious child though he never liked education per se. He doesn’t seem to mind that he lives away from his actual family and seems content with life. One can see the obvious witty side of Narayan in the first chapter itself. Narayan on bamboo chairs as the little boy posed with his two pets, a peacock that acted as a watchdog, and a monkey who craved for his freedom. The elder uncle was very fond of taking photographs of R. Narayan’s elder uncle went to college and his hobby was photography. Narayan was living apart from his mother because she, due to many childbirths, had no time to care for a toddler and so packed him off to live with his maternal grandmother. His grandmother was a woman of many talents, some of them being gardening, tending to the sick, teaching Narayan, and making sweets as well as a lot of savories for her daughter who was Narayan’s mother. Madras was the home of his maternal grandmother and his elder uncle. Narayan stayed in his early childhood away from his parents. Narayan used to pen his short stories and novels, with a direct prose form and distinct personality analysis. Today, I will be analyzing the book in detail to the best of my ability. You can check that out for your reference. In an earlier post, I had reviewed the book in the general format.
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