Malgudi Days Episode 8 – The Watchman
By Novell on Mar 6, 2007 in Hindi Classics
Poor old watchman! ‘Why’ he asks, ‘do people come to my Tank Bund to end their lives?’ Suicide has become almost a fashion at the small, deep Tank – with the explanatory letter left behind. Death seems to greet him every month or so, till one night he chances on a young lady in distress already waist-deep in the water. The night is young as the Watchman gets acquainted with the lady’s problems. At dawn, having said his piece, he leaves her to do what she will. And it is only many, many years later that he discovers what really happened the morning after the night before. R.K. Narayan examines the stifling conditions of the Indian Woman for whom economic independence seems the only answer to her problems.
Watch Episode 8 – The Watchman
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thanx…
Suresh | Mar 6, 2007 | Reply
beautiful concept in such a simple way … got a got a lot of meaning in it …well done
karthik | Mar 7, 2007 | Reply
thanks
roopa | Mar 8, 2007 | Reply
hi thanks for such a good story.if possible try to place all the other stories.
jami | Mar 8, 2007 | Reply
thanks
rao | Mar 8, 2007 | Reply
thanx
rao | Mar 9, 2007 | Reply
I love Malgudi days….ThanX for posting them…..
this one is simply superb
chowdary | May 16, 2007 | Reply