Raja Rao also wrote nonfiction, including a collection of essays called The Meaning of India, in which he tackles subjects such as religion, his meetings with world leaders, and metaphysics. He also wrote a biography of Mahatma Gandhi called The Great Indian Way: A Life of Mahatma Gandhi. Both of these works of nonfiction no doubt provide plenty of context surrounding Indian culture and history.
Raja Rao is known as being one of the "three founding pillars of Indian writing in English." With him are R.K. Laxman and Mulk Raj Anand. Like Rao, Laxman was born in Mysore and portrayed the common Indian. He was a humorist and cartoonist best known for his cartoon character The Common Man,...
