Question

Why did Bepin Babu change his mind about meeting Chunilal? What was the result of this meeting?

Answer 1

Hint: This is an amusing story. Bepin Babu is the main character, the whole story revolves around him. One of his childhood friends Chunilal punished him for not helping him in the hardship by planning one prank against him. Bepin Babu got stuck in Chunilal's imagination prank. At the end of the story, we get to know that it was the plan prepared by the Chunilal.

Complete answer:
This question is extracted from the story '`Bepin Choudhury’s lapse of memory’ written by Satyajit Ray. In this story, Bepin Babu met one strange man Mr Parimal Ghose who told him that he is not recognizing him but they met in Ranchi when he visited the place with Dinesh Mukherjee in the year 1958. On the other hand, Bepin had no clue about the Ranchi trip. He confirmed the same from many persons who are associated with it but everyone told him the same things. He got frustrated and decided to consult the doctor. Afterwards, he went to Ranchi as the doctor advised him to go there but after returning from Ranchi, he gets to know that it was a prank played by his friend Chunilal. There is no memory loss of Bepin as it was the imagination of Chunilal only.

According to the question we need to tell the reason why Bepin gets ready to meet Chunilal and the consequences of the meeting.

Chunilal often came to meet Bepin Babu to request him to find a job for him. He is a struggling writer, therefore; he needs a job for a living. But Bepin always makes several reasons to avoid meeting him. On that day. He gets ready to meet him because he wants to enquire about the Ranchi trip. When Bepin asked him about the trip then Chunilal answered him by saying that he worked as a travel agent at that time and he was the one who booked a ticket for him. Furthermore, he also came to the station to see off and called the electrician there when his compartment’s fan was not working. After hearing this, Bepin Babu got confused and decided to consult a doctor and thought that he needed treatment for his memory loss.

Note: A true friend is the one who always helps you in your hardships. One who is always there for the rescue no matter whatever the matter is. But Bepin Babu is selfish. He refused to meet his childhood friend Chunilal because he doesn’t want to help him. Bepin Babu had all the resources through which he could help Chunilal in finding a job. But he never did any help to him. Additionally, being selfish he was ready to meet him when he needed Chunilal.