Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Chapter 10

Summary:

Mr. Chawla completely transforms the watchman's shed to something much more comfortable. They now have electricity supplied from a near hospital and running water. Sampath is charmed by the visitors who ask him  questions on the nature of life. Amongst the visitors is a spy from the Atheist Society and Branch to Uncover Fraudulent Holy Men (BUFHM). Some of Sampath's answers make sense and some don't, but the pilgrims are satified and make the most out of what he says. They spy takes notes in a notebook, evaluating the ways Sampath uses to avoid questions by pretending to be otherworldly. The final proof to the crowd that he was a true hermit was the rejection of a bride he had made earlier. Later on, Miss Jyotsna sings a hymn and all Sampath can think of is how pretty she is. The spy begins to wonder how he can fool people. Then he remembers the mysterious smell in the orchard that day. He suspected that Sampath was high on drugs.

Opinion:

There were times when I also thought that Sampath was on drugs. Back in his boss' daughter's wedding, he had stripped himself and danced on the stage, resulting in him losing his job and embarrassing ,himself in front of everybody. And recently when he had gotten up the guava tree and refused to get out it, he was also behaving weird. And now he has gotten even more unusual, especially with his senseless, irrelevant replies like when the disguised spy asked him about his opinion on the nature of god, his reply was about a city inspector making journey to a river. It is clear that he is on ghanja.