Unit 4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory

According to Parimal Ghose, he met Bepin Babu at Ranchi in 1958. He got confused and stared at Bepin Babu in disbelief as the latter failed to recognize him and understood that Bepin had a memory lapse of his stay in Ranchi.

Bepin Babu said that he went to Kanpur in October ’58 and spent the Puja with a friend.

Given below are a few things that Parimal Ghose knew about Bepin Babu:

1. Bepin Babu had a fall in Hudroo and injured his right knee.
2. Bepin Babu stayed in a bungalow at Ranchi and as he wasn’t so fond of hotel food and he preferred to have his meals cooked by a bawarchi.
3. He did not have any children, Bepin Babu lost his wife ten years ago and his only brother had died of insanity.