Vol. 8, Issue 10, Part A (2022)

Abstract
Freedom is God's most precious gift to man. Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes. In a present literary article, the author has put forward an argument that in 'Swami and Friends'(1935), R. K. Narayan, not only reinforced the idea of freedom from the clutches of Britishers, but he also heralded the notion of personal freedom, discriminating, what to opt in varying circumstances, as this sort of mentality offered by various characters in the novel. The novel has its setting in pre-i dependence India when colonialism was exercised on Indian people. Colonialism is the way to put certain restrictions on the people of particular nation, in which colonialism is exercised. Postulation has been provided with supportive evidences by quoting and acknowledging multiple works. An attempt has been made to examine the strands of freedom which are upholder by R.K. Narayan throughout the novel. The novel 'Swami and Friends' published in 1935, was first novel in the trilogy. Others are 'The Bachelor of Arts' and 'The English Teacher'. R.K. Narayan is called an anti-colonial writer because of his anti-colonial propaganda and subaltern voices which he has introduced in his novels. R.K. Narayan always been a supporter of the cause of freedom. In his novels he has demonstrated the multiple implications of freedom. Freedom for him can be subjected from various forms of life which a character manifests through the voice of protest and freedom can have objective implications in broader sense for larger group who protest to avail it from different ethnic group. Similar thought patterns of freedom are reflected in 'Waiting for Mahatma'(1955), Post-independence novel by R.K. Narayan.