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DAYANANDA, Y.J. "Manohar Malgonkar on his Novel The Princes: An Interview" JCL
9.3 (1975):21-8. [interview?]
DWIVEDI, A.N. The Historian as Novelist: Manohar Malgonkar" in NAIK, M.K.
Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 1985: 136-49.
JAIN, JASBIR. “Vishnu and Shiva: Symbols of Dualtiy in A Bend in the Ganges” Journal of
Indian Writing in English 3.1 (1975): 21-32.
Substitution of Vishnu and Shiva as household gods indicates not only the father-son rift but
the interpenetrating duality of human life. Hari (Vishnu) worships Shiva and is killed by
Vishnudutt (though Shiva is ‘the destroyer’). Gandhi is presented as both saint and traitor.
Traces other paradoxes.
JANAKIRAM, ALUR. “Social Reality in the Short Stories of R.K.Narayan and Manohar
Malgonkar” PURBA 19.2 (1988): 45-58.
The IWE short story is mostly a post-Independence phenomenon. Considers Narayan’s 35year
output up to Malgudi Days (1982) and Malgonkar’s more concentrated publications to
Rumble Tumble (1977). Cite Narayan’s view of stories as a diversion from the hard work of
novels and arising our of characters undergoing a crisis of spirit, noting the variety of
characters, ironic turns of events and ordinary everyday situations in which comedy arises
from people being unable to adapt to social change, even though there is an underlying
impression that traditional wisdom will continue to inform Indian life. Malgonkar deals in war,
jungles and mining, using more dramatic action and opportunistic chicanery, cinematic
montage and a sharper irony.
JAYASHRI, I. "Women Versus Tradition in the Novels of Manohar Malgonkar" Triveni 45.2
(1976):73-80.
JHA, MOHAN, "Malgonkar's Female Characters: A Study" The Quest 1.2 (1988): 6-22.
JHA, MOHAN. "Malgonkar's Open Season: A Critique" in PRASAD, R.C. & SHARMA,
R.K., eds. Modern Studies and Other Essays in Honour of Dr R.K. Sinha New Delhi: Vikas,
1987: 239-46.
MATHUR, P.S. "A Touch of Tar: Anglo-Indian Encounter in Malgonkar's Combat of
Shadows" The Indian Literary Review I.12 & II.1 (1980):22-9.
PANDEYA, VIJAYANAND. "R.K. Narayan and Manohar Malgonkar: A Comparative
Appraisal" The Quest 1.1 (1987):7-10.
PARAMESWARAN, UMA. "Manohar Malgonkar as a Historical Novelist" in RAO, K.S.
NARAYANA. ed. World Literature Written in English 14.2 (1975):329-38.
PRADHAN, N.S. "Manohar Malgonkar: A Bend in the Ganges" in PRADHAN, N.S. ed.
Major Indian Novels: An Evaluation New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1986: 135-54. Also
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities, 1986.
RAJAGOPALACHARY,M. “Malgonkar’s Meditation on History: “The Devil’s Wind”
Triveni 55.2 (1986): 53-8. Claims The Devil’s Wind (1972) reassesses the history of the