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e] The astrologer had to depend on nuts vender for light ​

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Answered by Rajlaxmiamolholkar
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Explanation:

in "An Astrologer's Day" by R. K. Narayan, what happens that evening as the astrologer is preparing to leave?

The astrologer's day begins at approximately noon and does not end until he gets home at nearly midnight. He has a hard time earning a living because so many of the people who spend their time walking around in the park have no money. If they did have money they wouldn't be walking around in the park. The astrologer is forced to quit for the night because he doesn't possess lighting of his own. After dark he depends on the light of a nearby vendor of groundnuts. The smell of the roasting nuts must be a torment to the astrologer because it would appear that he doesn't have anything to eat all day.

When the groundnuts vendor closes up for the night and puts out the crackling and smoking flare by which he does business, it is time for the astrologer to follow suit. The author makes it clear that the night lighting is poor at best, but when the flare goes out it is really dark. This is a blessing on this particular night, because Guru Nayak appears at the last moment and wants a reading that will help him find a man who tried to kill him years ago. The astrologer's angry and suspicious customer does not recognize him as the very man he has been seeking. And the astrologer does not recognize Guru Nayak as the man he tried to kill back in their native village until his customer lights a cheroot.

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