Give reasons for the following
a. Satyajit attending the village wedding.
b. Satyajit’s recollection of the forgerer when he was on the train.
c. Srinath and his family members’ eager expectation of Satyajit’s arrival.
d. Srinath’s disappointment with Satyajit.
e. Satyajit’s feeling that he was an imposter.
f. Satyajit not disclosing his present financial status to his uncle.
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a. Satyajit attending the village wedding was an occasion of self-realisation and pride. He was not well known in his youth. So, when he gained prestige and became a recognised person, he was happy with the fame and attention he received. The people in the village gave him looks of amazement and wonder. He liked the homage offered by the people. In the flush of prosperity, Satyajit became open-handed and started to take on an air of stature and pride. He felt that it was his benediction which paved the way for Srinath through the current daughter crisis.
b. He was thinking about how the fortune wheel keeps rotating and never helps the same person. He thought about the forgerer as he was sure of one thing. If luck helps to achieve success, one can expect failure to strike even faster. If success comes fast, failure will be even faster. Even though catching the forgerer creates a path towards promotion, glory and prosperity, he has regrets for the man. The thought which arose in his mind was the fact that he could have provided the forgerer a chance to live. This moment of his life was ironic as it was he who wanted a second chance to make his living, as he had lost everything for now.
c. Srinath and his family members had a valid reason to have eager eyes and high expectations towards the arrival of Satyajit. He was liberal in his prosperous days. He had reached a higher status due to the wealth he possessed. They were not blood relatives, but Satyajit felt pride in helping Srinath to get his other daughters married. He was happy with the attention and success, while they required only money. It was a pure give-and-take relationship.
d. Srinath possessed extremely high expectations, which he was sure would be fulfilled by Satyajit. When he said that he was present with a begging bowl in front of him and wanted Rs 2001/- to give as a dowry to the inlaws, he was confident that he would get the money. He was not very worried as he thought that a rich person like Satyajit would be carrying this money with him. He felt disappointed by the fact that Satyajit was not able to give him the amount he needed.
e. The entire story shows the mixed emotions which Satyajit experienced. At one stage, he wanted to enjoy the level of privilege and status that he got from the people at his uncle’s house. At the same time, he was conscious of doing wrong and hurting the people who needed him the most. He regretted going to the marriage and facing this crisis in life. He was not ready to give up on the situation. He then decided to listen to the ‘false echo’, which convinced him to mislead his uncle. He realised that the glory had departed, and he wanted to stay happy even though it was fake. In this state, he becomes an imposter to his uncle.
f. Satyajit had been in the limelight from the time he had got glory which made him ashamed to reveal his failure to anyone. Srinath was one among the few people whom he wouldn’t want to know the turn of fortune in his life. He was expected to be a man with lots of money and was ready to help others. He held a prestigious and high position in society. All the daughters of Srinath could be married because of the benediction of Satyajit. He was not able to reveal the tragedy of his life and was no more in a position to be called a benefactor. He was unable to expose the reality that he could no longer be called a philanthropist who helped in times of need.