Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Chapter 3

Reshmi

7/9/13

Summary:

Mr. Chawla starts his day out by doing morning exercises. He's forty years old and is the head clerk at the Reserve Bank of Shahkot. He yells at his family and overwhelms them with orders as he gets ready for the day. Pinky, bored from her father's newspaper readings about politics, asks him read the story about the Cinema Monkey who harrasses ladies, and steals their food outside the cinema. Later, Mr Chawla lectures Sampath on how to be a successful man. Sampath and his mother Kulfi, seem totally uninvolved while Mr. Chawla and Ammaji argue about Sampath's future. 

Opinion:

It is revealed in this chapter that Sampath is very ignorant and has very little to say. His life is exactly the opposite of what his father's ideal young man's life should be. Sampath seems to be lost in his own world, just like his mother.