पुलित्जर बान्था मोनगिरि झुम्पा लाहिड़ीनि बादिब्ला, नारायणनि सुंद सल'फोरा बिथांनि सल'माफोरबादिनो समान गोसो बोनो हानाय सान्दांथि दं, जेराव गोबाङानो जि बिलाइनिबो खम आरो फरायनायाव गोबां मिनिट नांगौ जायो।
According to Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, Narayan's short stories have the same captivating feeling as his novels, with most of them less than ten pages long, and taking about as many minutes to read.