• Dr. Ashok

To put it simply, a cultural crisis is a circumstance that poses a threat to both individuals and the larger community. Cultural crises may manifest themselves in a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to those dealing with education, politics, human resources, management, etc., since culture can have both individual and societal meanings. Natraj and Vasu's relationship is shown via metaphorical elements in R.K. Narayan's The Man-Eater of Malgudi. Natraj, a prosperous printer in town, is furious that Vasu has disrupted his tranquil existence. He is known as the "Man-Eater of Malgudi" because of his efforts to put down the city's defenseless citizens. R.K. Narayan, like many other Indian writers, makes heavy use of them in his fiction. From the Bhasmasura story to the cyclical deva-asura conflict, the author of The Man-Eater of Malgudi returns to many different myths, sometimes to recreate them as markers of the collective unconscious and other times to adapt myth to reality.

Malgudi, Man-eater, Writing, life and society

"RK NARAYAN’S VISION OF LIFE AND SOCIETY IN THE MAN EATER OF MALGUDI AND WAITING FOR MAHATMA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.225-229, October-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFU06027.pdf

"RK NARAYAN’S VISION OF LIFE AND SOCIETY IN THE MAN EATER OF MALGUDI AND WAITING FOR MAHATMA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no. pp225-229, October-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFU06027.pdf