"द न्यू यॉर्कर"आव सेबखांजानाय नारायणनि खामानिफोरनि बिसावरायनायाव, अपडाइकआ बिथांखौ "गोमाग्रा फोलेरनि लिरगिरि" बुङो - सासे नोगोरारिनि महराव लिरगिरि जाय गावनि आयदाफोरजों लोगोसे मोजाङै सिनायलायो आरो सुबुं माहारिनि गुमुर ओंथिनि सायाव फोथायो।"
In a review of Narayan's works published in The New Yorker, Updike called him a writer of a vanishing breed- the writer as a citizen; one who identifies completely with his subjects and with a belief in the significance of humanity.