Malgudi

Malgudi is the name of the fictional town in which Narayan famously set his stories. Malgudi is described as a small Indian town undergoing economic and political changes: “Overnight, as it were, Malgudi passed from a semi-agricultural to a semi-industrial town with a sudden influx of population of all sorts” (21). The references to the demographic shift (the “sudden influx of population”) within Malgudi are subtle in Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi. For example, it is noted only once that Sampath is actually North Indian. The fact that Srinivas observes this difference suggests that Malgudi is not actually located in North India. Malgudi is shown to have rising levels of poverty at the same time that wealthy government men like Somu are able to spend money producing Bollywood-style romances. The novel opens by noting that the streets in Malgudi are difficult for foreigners to navigate.

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