A puzzle from Tharoor versus Narayan: why write in English?

Abstract

Shashi Tharoor criticizes R.K. Narayan for ignoring the English canon and for reading like a translation. A question that arises if these criticisms are sound is: why write in English at all? I propose an answer.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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