Narration on Place of Faith in Socio-Cultural Life of India by R.K. Narayan

Abstract

The imposter gains some material benefit, no doubt, but he also fulfills a social need. Hence the ambivalent quality of the novels those deal with this theme - while the blind faith of the people represents an essential moral weakness as well as a very elemental strength, the people who make a business of spiritualism certainly present an aspect of sin or evil. Sometimes the two issues impinge upon one another and the sheer force of simple trust transforms the evil of man’s mind into a reservoir of goodness