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Rukmini Aunty and the R K Narayan Fan Club

Rukmini Aunty and the R K Narayan Fan Club

A Contemporary Fiction About R. K. Narayan’s Heritage House | A Story of Community Spirit & Love for Literature

Sita Bhaskar
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Rukmini aunty’s newly built house in Mysore is near a dilapidated relic with its roof caved in, marring the view from her specially designed Zen-like meditation nook. She abhors the house that reeks of litigation and lawsuits and wants it gone, until she discovers that the house belonged to the illustrious writer, R.K. Narayan. It is close to being torn down brick by brick, when the city authorities step in and designate it as a Heritage building and stop the demolition. The fate of Narayan’s abode hangs between the builder’s scalpel and the limited coffers of the city, while they scramble for funds to buy it from his heirs at the prevailing market rate. Only Rukmini aunty and the ‘R.K. Narayan Fan Club’ ladies group in her neighbourhood can now save the house

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Nov/2025

ISBN: 9780143478454

Length : 240 Pages

MRP : ₹399.00

Rukmini Aunty and the R K Narayan Fan Club

A Contemporary Fiction About R. K. Narayan’s Heritage House | A Story of Community Spirit & Love for Literature

Sita Bhaskar

Rukmini aunty’s newly built house in Mysore is near a dilapidated relic with its roof caved in, marring the view from her specially designed Zen-like meditation nook. She abhors the house that reeks of litigation and lawsuits and wants it gone, until she discovers that the house belonged to the illustrious writer, R.K. Narayan. It is close to being torn down brick by brick, when the city authorities step in and designate it as a Heritage building and stop the demolition. The fate of Narayan’s abode hangs between the builder’s scalpel and the limited coffers of the city, while they scramble for funds to buy it from his heirs at the prevailing market rate. Only Rukmini aunty and the ‘R.K. Narayan Fan Club’ ladies group in her neighbourhood can now save the house

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Sita Bhaskar

Sita Bhaskar is the author of three books: Tara and Sandy: Slow Dance of Infinite Stars (with co-author Sabarna Roy) – an epistolary novel, Flirting With Trouble – a novella and interlinked short stories, and Shielding Her Modesty – a cross-cultural short story collection. She is a contributor to The Oldest Love Story – A Motherhood Anthology, and also to In the Silence of this Room. Her short stories have been published in several literary magazines.

She spends her time between Madison and Mysuru, India.

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