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Puffin Books Malgudi Schooldays The Adventures of Swami and His Friends by R K Narayan
Set in indias pre-independent era, in a sleepy fictitious town, malgudi, malgudi schooldays (puffin classics) revolves around the adventures of a typical school boy named swami his notorious gang of friends, include mani, somu, samuel, pea, sankar and the latest entry, rajam swaminathan is a boy who shudders at the very thought of schoolswamis days are filled with action he is either creating an uproar in the classroom or making preparations for passing his exams in a short cut method he loves running down the streets of malgudi with the coachmans sons hoop he enjoys playing pranks, especially on his grandmother inspired by a vibrant swadeshi demonstration, he even stones the school windows his antics also include gazing at trains and entertaining himself with different hairstyles and capsthe much awaited malgudi cricket club is organized and swami is chosen to be the teams bowler a superstar of the team, swami is posed with a major problem he has to be present at the school drill and the cricket coaching at the same time on the day of the prestigious match with the neighboring young mens union, things go terribly wrong what will swami do now?malgudi schooldays (puffin classics) was published by penguin india in 2009 and is available in paperback key features: this book is an abridged version of the celebrated novel, swami and friends doordarshan had telecast these stories as a serial