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{{infobox book | 
| name = My Dateless Diary
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = My Dateless Diary.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[R. K. Narayan]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = India
| language =
| series =
| genre = [[Autobiography|Autobiographical essays]]
| publisher = Indian Thought Publications
| release_date = 1960
| english_release_date =
| media_type = Print
| pages =
| isbn = 978-0-14-010941-2
| dewey= 823 B 20
| congress= PR9499.3.N3 Z472 1988
| oclc= 20132905
| preceded_by = [[The Guide]]
| followed_by = [[The Man-Eater of Malgudi]]
}}

'''''My Dateless Diary''''' is a collection of autobiographical essays by [[R. K. Narayan]] published in 1960.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sundaram|first=P. S. |title=R.K. Narayan|publisher=Arnold-Heinemann India|year=1973|series=Indian writers series|volume=6|pages=23|oclc=1086989 }}</ref> The book was the output of a daily journal that he maintained during his visit to the United States on a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1956.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sundaram|first=P. S. |title=R.K. Narayan as a novelist|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp|year=1988|series=New world literature series|volume=14|pages=132|isbn=978-81-7018-531-4 }}</ref> While on this visit, Narayan also completed ''[[The Guide]]'', the writing of which is covered in this book.<ref>{{cite book|last=Iyengar|first=K. R. Srinivasa|title=Indian writing in English|publisher=Asia Pub. House|year=1973|pages=359|isbn=978-0-210-33964-0}}</ref> The book is focused on Narayan's interactions with the American people and the people themselves.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Ranga|title=R. K. Narayan|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2006|pages=48|isbn=978-81-260-1971-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lgs4ebrb6XAC&pg=PP1|accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref> The book also highlights Narayan's view of the west, his appreciation and admiration in general, but subtle disapproval of specific aspects while making it known that there isn't much of a gap between his values and those he has come across.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kanaganayakam|first=Chelvanayakam |title=Counterrealism and Indo-Anglian fiction|url=https://archive.org/details/counterrealismin0000kana|url-access=registration|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|year=2002|series=Wilfrid Laurier Series|pages=[https://archive.org/details/counterrealismin0000kana/page/48 48], 192|isbn=978-0-88920-398-3|oclc=180704543|author-link=Chelvanayakam Kanaganayakam}}</ref> The book offers insights into both, the author and his subjects.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66580349.html?dids=66580349:66580349&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22%2C+1989&author=CHARLES+SOLOMON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=MY+DATELESS+DIARY%3A+An+American+Journey+by+R.+K.+Narayan+(Penguin%3A+%246.95)&pqatl=google|title=MY DATELESS DIARY: An American Journey by R. K. Narayan|last=Solomon|first=Charles|date=22 October 1989|work=[[LA Times]]|accessdate=28 August 2009}}</ref>

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{{R. K. Narayan}}

[[Category:Books by R. K. Narayan]]
[[Category:1960 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Indian Thought Publications books]]
[[Category:Indian essay collections]]

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