सल'मायाव भारतीय उदांस्रि सोमावसारनायनि माखासे मख'जाथाव खोथाफोर दंब्लाबो, बिथांनि गुबै नोजोरआ गामिनि जाम्बा-जाम्बिफोरनि दुखुगोनां सुबुं-जिउ खांनायनि बागै फोरमायथिनायमोन।
While the novel includes significant references to the Indian independence movement, the focus is on the life of the ordinary individual narrated with Narayan's usual dose of irony.