समरसेट मॉघमआ इं 1938 माइथायाव मैसूर दावबायनाय समाव नारायणखौ लोगो हमनो थाखाय बुंदोंमोन, नाथाय गोबां सुबुङानो बे बाथ्राखौ खोनायाखैमोन, जाय बाथ्राया मोख्थाङाव बे मेलनि सायाव गोहोम खोख्लैनो हायो।
Somerset Maugham, on a trip to Mysore in 1938, had asked to meet Narayan, but not enough people had heard of him to actually affect the meeting.