Waiting for the Mahatma Author:R. K. Narayan THIS ENCHANTING COMIC NOVEL LOCATED IN THE BUSTLING FICTIONAL TOWN OF MALGUDI IS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE. SRIRAM, A QUIET YOUNG MAN, FALLS IN LOVE WITH BHARATI WHOSE PRIMARY LOYALTY IS TO GANDHI AND HIS IDEAS. SRIRAM TOO BECOMES A FOLLOWER OF THE MAHATMA AND GETS INVOLVED IN THE QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT. THIS LEADS TO A SERIE... more »S OF ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES AND EVEN LANDS HIM AND BHARATI IN JAIL . . .« less