Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Narayanswamy (R. K Narayan) was born on October 10, 1906 in Madras. His father was a provincial Headmaster. R K Narayan spent his early childhood with his maternal grandmother Parvathi in Madras. He obtained his bachelor degree from university of Mysore. R K Narayan began his writing career with Swami and Friends in 1935. R K Narayanan is one of the most famous and widely read Indian novelists. His stories were grounded in a compassionate humanism and celebrated the humour and energy of ordinary life Blotner in her dissertation published in 2005 calls R K Narayan as “deeply religious and confined to Hindu rituals.” In 1989 collection of essays, entitled A Story-Teller’s World Narayanan affirms his all commitment to reproduce in his works the India of culture and also narrative tradition, which has had its origin in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, the ten- thousand –year- old epics of India.