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The Swami from
Parur
In 1942, the year of the Quit India movement,
Dr
Rajagopalan was born into the quaint and uplifting
elements of R K Narayan’s Malgudi. He was in many ways
like that character Swami of Malgudi, curious beyond his
immediate environment. Born to a railway officer and a
teacher, in North Parur of the erstwhile Ernakulam, he was
smack in the middle of that charmed post-colonial district
life, with its various enticements and privileges. This is
how he recollects Parur of his childhood. “It was a
developed town. |
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Had a district court, several
good schools, and now even a
college, a well developed bus
station, a large organised market,
good tar surfaced
roads, a good number of Rallis |
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