Why had Patol Babu lost his first job in Calcutta?
The Second World War had resulted in Patol Babu being retrenched from his nine-year-old clerical job at Hudson and Kimberley.
Answer the following questions briefly
(a) What was the news that Nishikanto Ghosh gave Patol Babu?
(b) How did Patol Babu react? Why?
(c) Why had Patol Babu lost his first job in Calcutta?
(d) How does Patol Babu reconcile to the dialogue given to him?
(e) Who was Mr. Pakrashi? How do his words help Patol Babu in enacting his role?
(f) How do we know that Patol Babu was a meticulous man?
(g) Why did Mr. Mullick turn down Patol Babu's request for a rehearsal?
(h) What were the special touches that Patol Babu gave to his role to make it more authentic?