 A general perception on Narayan was that he did not involve himself or his writings with the politics or problems of India , as mentioned by V. S. Naipaul in one of his columns . However , according to Wyatt Mason of The New Yorker , although Narayan 's writings seem simple and display a lack of interest in politics , he delivers his narrative with an artful and deceptive technique when dealing with such subjects and does not entirely avoid them , rather letting the words play in the reader 's mind . Srinivasa Iyengar , former vice @-@ chancellor of Andhra University , says that Narayan wrote about political topics only in the context of his subjects , quite unlike his compatriot Mulk Raj Anand who dealt with the political structures and problems of the time . Paul Brians , in his book Modern South Asian Literature in English , says that the fact that Narayan completely ignored British rule and focused on the private lives of his characters is a political statement on its own , declaring his independence from the influence of colonialism . 
