Summary of the lesson ' bepin choudhury's lapse of memory ?
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Summary Of Bepin Choudhury's lapse of memory
This story by Satyajit Ray is quite story because of the element of suspense that is introduced at the end. Bepin Choudhury is very cleverly tricked by Chunilal for not receiving the much needed help from him.
Chunilal was passing through some financial straits; he went to Bepin Choudhury with a request to get him a job. However, Bepin could not help him much because of his preoccupation. Chunilal was hurt by his friend’s indifference.
Chunilal made a plan to teach Bepin a lesson. He created such a situation for Bepin that he began feeling he was suffering from amnesia. First, a man named Parimal Ghose met him at a bookshop and started talking to him as if he were an old acquaintance. But Bepin had never met him ever. He talked to him about his week-long Ranchi trip in 1958. Bepin was at loss as he was not able remember any incident of the Ranchi trip. Parimal Ghose was shocked at Bepin’s forgetfulness. He even told him he could confirm it from Mr. Dinesh Mukerji who was also with them during the trip.
This meeting with Parimal Ghose really left Bepin very anxious; he began feeling he had something wrong with his brain. He was unable to focus on his work as he tried a lot to recall any event from the Ranchi trip but in vain. He called Mr. Dinesh Mukerji to confirm; to his utter shock, he also validated about the trip.
When Bepin was going through this tension, Chunilal also called upon him to know whether he had found any job for him. Bepin did not want to see him and asked his servant to send him. But later on he rushed to meet him to enquire of him if he knew anything about his Ranchi trip. Chunilal also confirmed that he himself had got his booking for the trip done.
Now, Bepin decided to consult a doctor. The doctor, Chanda told Bepin he was not qualified to treat him for his forgetfulness; he advised him to visit Ranchi again and go to Hudroo falls and other places, which might bring the memory of his 1958 trip back to his mind. Bepin went to Ranchi and visited all the places, but could not remember anything about the trip. At Hudroo Falls he fell unconscious and two Gujrati gentlemen helped him.
Next morning Bepin returned to Calcutta. Fearing that he would soon lose his memory completely, he called Dr. Chanda to see him. As he lay in bed after the shower waiting for the doctor, his servant gave him a letter. The letter was from Chunilal in which he had confessed that he was the mastermind behind the Ranchi trip incident; and he had done it to take revenge for not helping him in his trouble.
Now the truth was revealed and Bepin felt relieved. As the doctor came, he lied to him that as he reached Ranchi, he remembered everything. The doctor expressed surprise at the strangeness of the case and said he would write it in the medical journal.
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Belin Choudary was a normal person who went to work regularly and when he left work he always used go to the Kalicharan's New market to get some books. One day he felt someone was following him so when he turned back he saw a man staring at him. His name was Parimal Ghosh. Bepin was confused and asked 'do you know me? ' He told what are you saying I was the one who took you to Ranchi at the 58's and he also gave some internal information about him. Bepin Babu was really shocked because he never knew any trip like that, to clarify he called Dinesh Mukerji and was even more terrified after knowing that it was true. While he was lying on his sofa his servant came and told that Chuni bhai is here and it's urgent. He knew why he came, he was a school friend of Bepin and was going through a rough time and needed help from Bepin in Landing him a job. He told he can not help him from any side. But then he taught that Chunni might know about the Ranchi Trip. He rushed to him and asked about it, he told are you taking some drugs or anything, he was the one who set him the train to Ranchi!
He just told it might be because of my overtime work. He decided to meet a phycatric to cure his illness. The doctor told him that this I out of my field and has never seen any case like this. He told him to go back to Ranchi and see the site and he might remember something. He went there and tried recollecting everything but no. He went to hudroo falls to see if he remembers anything and he was found unconscious by 2 foreigners. After he was at home he found out that there was nothing like the Ranchi Trip But was a small play by Chunnilal His friend who wanted a job from him but he did not help at all. He found this out By a letter by Chunnilal