Find out the examples of Irony from the story An Astrologers Day and write them down
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a) He knew no more of what was going to happen to others than he knew what was going to happen to himself the next minute.
b) He had a working analysis of mankind's troubles.
c) Within five minutes he understood what was wrong.
d) Guru Nayak came to the astrologer for help in finding the man who nearly killed him--and
the astrologer himself was the very man he was looking for but he couldn‟t recognize him.
e) His forehead was resplendent with sacred ash and vermilion, and his eyes sparkled with a
sharp abnormal gleam which was really an outcome of a continual searching look for
customers, but which his simple clients took to be a prophetic light and felt comforted.
f) Nayak learnt that his attacker was dead. The astrologer learnt that he did not commit
murder.
g) The very fact that such pious and sanctimoniously sacrosanct activities are carried out in busy market lanes where day to day businesses are carried out makes quite a few eyebrows to get raised and worry about the real underpinnings of these businesses.
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Find out the example of irony from the extract and write them down.