Dr. Sunita Rani Assistant Professor(Ad-hoc) Dayanand P.G. College, Hisar, Haryana( India) Published in 1958, The Guide is the most acclaimed novel of R. K. Narayan that won him not only immense popularity but also the Sahitya Academy Award for 1960. Of all the Indian novelists writing in English, Narayan alone has the distinction of being…