R. K. Narayan

• R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), was an Indian writer.

• His actual name was Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami. 

• He was graduated from the University of Mysore.

• He became famous with the publication of "Swami and Friends".
• Nrayan's works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India called Malgudi. 

• He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English. 

• He is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world, and is regarded as one of India's greatest English language novelists.
• "The Missing Mail" was one of the most interesting  short stories of R. K. Narayan.