Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Best of Satyajit Ray: Bapin Chwdhury's Lapse of Memory
Bapin Chowdhury was an avid reader and had a responsible job with a very sheltered life, so when a strange person calling himself an old friend from 5-6 years ago approaches him at the bookstore he frequents saying things that repeatedly contradict what he thinks, he starts to doubt his own memories. He visits Ranchil, the city he was supposed to be at and tries to remember since another friend of his said that they were both together there. In the end, it turns out that his old friend Chunilal had planned this whole thing, from the stranger to his other friend giving the same story because Bapin had repeatedly refused to help him find a job when he was on hard times. This story really tells you how easily the most staid person could doubt himself if he is given a few pushes in one direction. I think anybody would be made to believe the plan Chunilal concocted mostly because he covered all bases and also because people are just gulible sometimes.
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That was really interesting Hersha. I agree with you and think it is something many people would fall for, especially since he had a friend in on his plan. It's interesting to think that even someone like Bapin Chwdhury can be tricked into having a lapse of memory.
First of all, good job sneaking in a vocab word. This sounds like a good story, with interesting characters, Bapin Chowdhury in particular. How could you be so sheltered that when someone claims to be an old friend of yours, you're not sure enough of yourself to either confirm or deny it? Just wondering, though, how could you connect this to Siddhartha?
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