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Malgudi Days ……….. these days

By: Santosh :+: Under: Entertainment
On: ⋅ April 5, 2007 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment
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Where in the world is Swaminathan?
img: via Wikipedia

In the 1980s, Malgudi Days, was a popular show on Indian television. Besides, being the first major Hindi Doordarshan show set in South India, Malgudi days also boasted of the story telling prowess of R.K.Narayan (whose last name ended with Swami), the direction of Shankar Nag and the on-screen brilliance of the kid who played Swami, Master Manjunath. While Nag died in 1990 and Narayan in 2001, Master Manjunath a.k.a Manjunath Nayaker is still alive and kicking.

As the senior manager (PR & Liaison) of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited, Manjunath Nayaker is now designing expressways and elevated monorails for traffic-choked Bangalore.

According to R.K. Narayan, Malgudi is a town “habited by timeless characters who could be living anywhere in the world”. Manjunath seems like one of those characters in real life.

img: via Deccan Hearld

Cricket is still a religion for him, as was when he, along with his neighbourhood friends, painstakingly stitched together a cricket team for the Malgudi Cricket Club.

Armed with an MA in Sociology, Manjunath worked for an ad agency for some time. He also had a brief stint as project leader of onlinebangalore.com.

Read more about what Manjunath is upto these days in this article in the Deccan Herald. Good to see you around, Swami ….. er ……… Manjunath!!!

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