R.K. Narayan
https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-K-Narayan#ref242193
Encyclopaedia Britannica's author's page
Why R.K. Narayan's fiction is the perfect lockdown escape
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/may/rk-narayan-malgudi-escape-fiction/
Martin Chilton writes for Penguin on the tone and content of Narayan fiction as a way of escaping the experience of being locked down, as during a global pandemic.
Malgudi Days - Episode 1 - Swami And Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEjfHV0YbII&ab_channel=UltraBollywood
Malgudi Days is an Indian television series based on the works of R.K. Narayan.