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sookieskipper's review
5.0
I was quite close to swami's age when malgudi days aired on TV. The faces on the show were familiar and the stories had a comforting feel to them. Where I am from, swami is a school staple. We see life in a small town where there is a strong British presence in schools and in government offices . Narayan writes about life in such small town where people have now lived for years in a system that looks complacent but the omnipresent head of foreign rule is ever present. Amidst all this we see swami and his friends get into trouble, have fun and just be children as long as the world allows them.
Its always a pleasure to come back to these stories as they always hit me in the ribs with sheer nostalgia.
Its always a pleasure to come back to these stories as they always hit me in the ribs with sheer nostalgia.
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