R. K. Narayan’s The Guide- Realistic Portrayal of Indian Society

Exploring the Realistic Portrayal of Indian Society in R. K. Narayan's The Guide

Abstract

R. K. Narayan, a renowned novelist wrote many novels and short stories but the novel The Guide brought him name and fame. In this novel he used realistic technique to depict different traditions, ritual, blind faithfulness of Indian people about religious aspect and socio-economic condition of then India, through the characters like Raju, Rosie and Marco. He strikingly described the problems which are faced by Indian people, deteriorating family relations, and also he reveals how greed of money, sex, love resulted in ultimate demises. Therefore basic aim of this paper is to study religious, cultural nature of Indian society and how modernization adversely affects Indian family relations and other different problems.