Raja Rao
 Raja Rao (Kannada: ರಾಜ ರಾವ್) (November 8 1908 – July 8 2006) was an Indian writer of English language novels and short stories whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism. The Serpent and the Rope (1960) a semi-autobiographical novel recounting a search for spiritual truth in Europe and India established him as one of the finest Indian stylists and won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964.