Vol. 4 Num 348 Sat. May 22, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Literature On Walking R. K. Narayan, whose full name was Rasipuram Krishnaswami Ayyar Naranayanaswami ( and who was advised by no less than Graham Greene to shorten it to R.K. There's Something To Be Said For Complaining... There's something to be said for whining. Sometimes it can bring you the goodies. Book Review A Pakistani author writes a novel of 1971 Noor, Sorayya Khan, Penguin, pp.223, Rs. 250. Sorayya Khan's Noor is a remarkable novel for the simple reason that it breaks the long tacit silence among Pakistanis of all hues to speak of the horrors of what they saw and did in East Pakistan. From The Best Of Laxman: the common man at large; Penguin Books India, 2004. R. K. Laxman (for Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman) is India's most celebrated cartoonist--- uncommon creator of the common man.     Advertisement