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Out Of Bussiness | Summary
The protagonist of this story, Rama Rao, inherited money and invested it in a gramophone company to become a Malgudi agent. His business went well for five years, and he earned a lot of money to live a decent and comfortable life with his wife and children. However, things are not turning as well as we always expect. Suddenly, a stock market crash led his company to the point of extinction. This news appeared to him like a blue bolt. Several circumstances in the world of banking, commerce, trade, politics and the unexpected death of a Bombay financial institution have led to his financial disaster. Some doubted that the financial person’s death was a suicide case because his wife and his cashier are unlawful and immoral.
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Rama Rao did not initially feel the disaster ‘s impact. His savings were reduced over the course of several months. His condition gradually became compassionate and pathetic. But the calm and composed of his wife was very cool. She was not only sensitive and friendly. She tried to alleviate her husband’s burden by releasing the cook and servant, taking her children from a prestigious and luxurious school into ordinary primary school and moving on to the common house from a comfortable bungalow. Rama Rao was a hard worker, he hadn’t gone to yawning and gaping for his time. His best effort was to get a job from one plant to another, but he was disappointed everywhere. At night his wife and children were looking forward to good news for him. Rama Rao came back with a dull face as usual. Their only hope was the money they received from their bungalow ‘s rent.
Rama Rao found one day a four-page newspaper called ” The Captain.” The four pages were dedicated to puzzles of the crossword. Every week a prize of 4,000 rupees was offered. He thought that by solving those crosswords, he could earn money now. Since then, in the hope of the first prize, he had sent the answers. In anguish, he used to wait for the sender’s name. But his hopes were broken every time. His frustration and disappointment were shown on his face. ” The face is the index of one’s hearts.” He became scary and fought his wife on a slim and insignificant ground. His wife by being cool and composed attempted to appease her husband by remaining silent.
Anyway, 8000 rupees were declared a special prize one day. One more opportunity, one more hope. Rama Rao was trying again to try his luck. He insisted that his wife give him Rs5 by registered post to send his reply. He decided to send four different entries, as he couldn’t be sure of four variations in one part. He hoped for hope and dreamed that a castle with prize money would be built on the air. But fortune goddess had yet to smile and her hopes were crumbled this time as well. ” Hope is the bread of a poor man,” he didn’t win the prize. He, therefore, decided there was no justification for conducting such a measurable life and decided to commit suicide. He walked to the railways and waited for the train there. But God seemed to rescue him this time. He was waiting, waiting, but the train was still coming. He was finally tired of lying there, got up and walked to the station. He came there to know that a freight train has derailed and that all planned trains are three hours late.
He chose to return home. Then he decided. His wife was anxious and eager for the unreasonable delay of Rama Rao. But she shone and sighed at his sight with relief. Then he sat down to eat after a relaxation. His wife told him that in the evening the tenants came and asked him to sell his bungalow in the weather. They’d offer a good deal. He thought it was a very good idea and expressed his thoughts. His wife wanted to know whether he’d invest his money again in a crossword. Rama Rao felt depressed and said no calmly. He was going to go to Madras to look at profitable work there, to get them out of their misery. If they get four and a half for their home, he would have to keep five hundred and give away the rest to his wife.
Out of Business | Critical Comments
In Out of Business written by R.K.Narayan, we have themes of control, battle, defeat, despair, depression, identity, expectation and solidarity. Taken from his wonderful collection of Malgudi Days, the story is narrated in the third person by an unknown narrator and from the very beginning of the story, the reader understands that N.K. Narayan attempts to investigate the theme of control. Rama depends on the others doing admirably and on the banks and the Gramophone Company. He carries on with his life problematically regardless of whether it probably won’t have been his intention. He depends on both the banks and the Gramophone Company in order to succeed and when the banks collapse, so does the Gramophone Company.
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