summary of a shadow by rk Narayan
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The story is one from the Malgudi Days collection of Narayan. It is a story dealing with bereavement, loss, tragedy and learning to cope with such events. It also highlights how different individuals deal with grief differently, according to their age, experience and personality.
In this story, Shambu and his mother are grieving the loss of his father. They both miss the man and grieve in their own respective ways. But, they both are lonely in their struggles with the loss.
Shambu’s father was an actor so he loves to see him on the film screen. It reminds him of the man and also gives him an escape into a reality where he is still alive. On the flip side, his mother feels it is painful and hurtful to see her husband on a screen when in truth he is dead.
Shambu often asks his mother to accompany him to the theatres but she declines. She also believes that going to the theatre is also ruining Shambu’s studies.
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