R K Narayan was born in British ruled India in the erstwhile city of Madras later renamed Chennai in 1906 and most of his works related to the fictional south Indian town of Malgudi. Narayan who is often compared with William Faulkner, alike the latter dwells in the social contexts and the usual life of his characters with humor and compassion and the energy that propels common life as the appealing inspirations. In 1933, Narayan met and fell in love with a fifteen year old girl who lived in his neighborhood and going against all astrological advice disapproving proposed marriage went ahead to marry her and though the marriage not very long lived with his wife Rajam dying prematurely, her entry into his life started changing times for him in better ways. The first three books written by Narayan, deal with socially accepted evil practices.Overall different novels written by Narayan throws light which shows the conflict between Tradition and Modernity.