Students at this reading level are unlikely to have read many other works by major Indian authors; however, Narayan is often compared with other writers like Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner who told stories about fictionalised versions of real places, so these authors can provide a useful foothold when reading his works.
Additionally, the poetry of Rabindrath Tagore, and the letters and speeches of Indian political figures like Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar, can provide useful further insights into the cultural and social context in which Narayan wrote his stories. Narayan can also be grouped with seminal writers of Indian English Literature (IEL) such as Raja Rao, Milk Raj Anand,...
