Question

THINK ABOUT IT
1. In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
2. How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway?
What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
3. How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear
to be plausible?
4. Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than
make
up
for the absence of a TV in Mahendra's living quarters?
5. Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination.
What happens to him on a full-moon night?
6. Can you think of some other ending for the story?​

Answer 1

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Iswaran describes the uprooted tree on the highway with eyebrows suitably arched and hands held out in a dramatic way. He would begin by saying that the road was deserted and he was all alone. But as he came closer he saw that it was a fallen tree, with its dry branches spread out.