‘A Tiger for Malgudi’
RK Narayan
Indian Thought Publications, Mysore
ISBN 978-81-85986-11-1
“A
Tiger for Malgudi” is one of the classic RK Narayan Novels. In this novel,
author presents our world through the eyes of a tiger. Having read it, we are
left wondering and appreciating the author for having such a great power of imagination
and detail.
This
book could also be aptly called “An autobiography of a Tiger”. It starts with a
tiger narrating his story. The tiger, who is the hero of this novel, was born
and brought up in a jungle. He was a mighty tiger who went on to marry and have
kids. But one day, humans arrive in the forest and kill his family. More
tragedy follows and he was captured by a circus. There starts his story of
immense suffering which ended when he killed his Captain and was rescued by a
Sadhu. The sage called him his brother and talked to him like a human being.
The story is full of humorous instances and is a pleasure to read.
I
think this book should be patronized by “Save the Tiger” project. I think no
sane person will ever dream of harming a tiger after reading this book. Also,
readers will build a greater connect with the world and nature, after taking a
ride with RK Narayan’s Tiger.
Highly
recommended to all.
-
Rahul
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