Question

What effect did the information have on the writer?

Answer 1

Answer:

Who do you think will be more affected by the

collapse of the bank? Businessmen like Seth

Govind Ram or workers like Nathu? (Daily-wage

earners like Nathu will be more affected since he

and his family would rely on his earnings to meet

their daily expenses.) In your opinion, who was

truly responsible for ‘breaking’ the bank—was it

Nathu, Sitaram, the bank clerk, Seth Govind Ram

or the town? Give reasons for your answer.

(Gossip-mongers like Mrs Prakash and Mrs Bhushan

created the panic through a baseless rumour

that grew with each telling. The investors, and the

mischief-makers who joined them, acted without

verifying the rumours.)

Are the readers aware of something about the

collapse of the bank that the characters in the

episode do not know? Does this add humour to the

situation?

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