Question

how did patol babu manage to earn his living after his retirement

Answer 1

Patol Babu’s life was quite smooth, financially particularly until the retrenchment in 1943. After losing his job with Hudson and Kimberley,  Patol Babu had to struggle to make living. At first he opened a variety store which he had to wind up after five years. Then he had a job in a Bengali firm which he gave up in disgust when his boss began to treat him in too high-handed a fashion. Then, for ten long years, starting as an insurance salesman, Patol Babu tried every means of earning a livelihood without ever succeeding in improving his lot. Of late he had been paying regular visits to a small establishment dealing in scrap iron where a cousin of his had promised him a job.