Regaining Authenticity: A study of Rosie’s character in R.K.Narayan’s The Guide

This research paper tries to analyse the character of Rosie in the novel, The Guide by R.K.Narayan. It traces the transition in her character from inauthenticity to authenticity. The objective of this paper is to bring out how Rosie involves inauthentically with Marco and Raju but her role as ‘Nadini’ led her to embark a new journey towards authenticity. For existential philosophers, Inauthenticity means lack of oneself, when one is not in accordance to one’s personality, freedom and choices. If anyone doesn’t commit fully in the role allocated to oneself, he establishes himself as an inauthentic person whereas authenticity is the condition when one is honest to oneself, having freedom of choice and gracefully takes the responsibility of that freedom and moreover respects other’s freedom