Waiting for the Mahatma
Narayan, R K![Waiting for the Mahatma](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/220/22012666/CHSBZCOP0322012666.jpg)
The first that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi's visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Yet that is how Sriram leaves Malgudi to become a passionate apostle of the Quit India campaign - only to find his convictions tested by the rigours of a prison cell.