Yes, Narayan did that by writing about ordinary men and women, by translating the Indian experience into English, by doing it so easily, comfortably and without any affectation whatsoever, that it seemed enormously simple. But it's never simple.

BY Shashi Deshpande 14 May 2001

Extracts from Shashi Deshpande's book Small Remedies, shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award

BY Shashi Deshpande 25 April 2001