Abstract

R. K. Narayan was a literary giant of the 20th century and is one of the greatest writers to write in Indian English. He is known as one of the pioneers of Indian English literature. They, together with Raja Rao and Mulk Raj Anand, established the parameters within which the Indian novel was to operate in terms of the subjects it would explore and the kind of characters it would include. They were the first to use the novel as a form in Indian literature written in English. Each of these three books, which are referred to together as the "great trio," employs his own style of English, freed from the residual British taste, and adapts it for a new atmosphere of brilliant light and pure heart. The novels were written by the same author. Since R. K. Narayan's fiction tackles a broad variety of Indian life, culture, and ethos using his own personal talent, he is the greatest and most supreme of these Indian English authors. His fiction is also written in English.

Key words: Temperament, The Indian, The Universal, Divine Spirit, explore, talent.