Malgudi Days

Naga Part 1 Is The Story Of Venkatesh, A Snake Charmer And His Son Pundi Who Perform Various Acts With Live Snake For Their Living. The Boy Develops Love For The Snake. Venkatesh, The Snake Charmer Having Lost His Wife Develops An Association With Another Married Woman. In The Mean Time They Catch Hold Of A Monkey And Train It To Perform In The Public Along With The Snake.

Naga Part 2 This Episode Continues With The Training Of The Newly Caught Monkey To Perform In The Public. Venkatesh, The Snake Charmer Deserts His Son And Runs Off With Other Woman And Also Takes The Newly Trained Monkey For His Living. Left At This, The Boy Tries To Live By Performing In Public With The Snake. The Snake Is Old And Is Not Above To Raise Even Its Hood.

Lawley Road Part 1 Is A Charming Story That Begins With The Talkative Man, Recounting To His Friends The Incident Of How He Came To Have A House In The New Extension In Malgudi Though He Is A Mere Freelance Journalist.

Lawley Road Part 2 Is The Story Of A Talkative Man Who Gets A Huge Statue Of Sir Lawley, A British Officer, Free. He Wish To Carry It From Its Place To His House At His Own Cost. But He Found It Was Not As Profitable A Bargain As He Believed It To Be.

Dr. Raman Has A Reputation Of Foreseeing His Patient's Future, Life Or Death. He Is Known Never To Have Gone Wrong.

Little Swami, Like All Timid Children, Sucks His Thumb And Sleeps Near His Devoted, Story Telling Grandmother. Father Is Quite Annoyed At This Mollycoddling And Cleverly Provokes His Son Into A Show Of Courage, He Is To Sleep All Alone In His Office That Very Night.

The Story Brings Out R. K. Narayan's Earthy Sense Of Humor, Dealing With Communication And The Language Barrier Of Muni, The Local Goat Herd And An American Tourist Happens To Run Out Of 'gas' Near The Statue Of A Horse. An Unexpected Bargain Takes Place Between Muni And The American That Has Surprising Results For Muni.

Story About Thannappa, A Good Hearted Postman Who Shared A Good Relationship With All The People Whom He Used To Handle Them Their Letter Especially With Ramanujam, A Senior Clerk In The Revenue Department Office.

Gopinath Is The Village Miser Who Cares More About Money Than His Own Family. He Never Spends A Rupee When He Doesn't Have To.