Question

It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication ?

(a) Why was Patol Babu badly in need of money?

(b) What was the small job which gave him intense satisfaction?

(c) What does the word ‘measured’ mean in the above context?

(d) What helped Patol do his job with ‘perfection and dedication.’

Answer 1

(a) Patol Babu badly needed the money because his household finances were in shambles and twenty rupees would have helped him to tide over.

(b) The small job was to play the part of an ‘extra’ who utters just one dialogue ‘Oh‘, upon a collision with the male lead on the street.

(c) The word ‘measured’ means ‘compared to’ in this context.

(d) The advice of his mentor Gogon Pakrashi helped him do his job with perfection and dedication.