The Thief's Story
1. 'Who does 'I' refer to in this story?
āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোāϤ 'āĻŽāĻ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻাāĻ āϏূāĻাāĻāĻে?
Answer:- In this story 'I' refers to Hari Singh the narrator of the story.
āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোāϤ 'āĻŽāĻ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻāĻ āϏূāĻাāĻāĻে, āϝি āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§° āĻŦāĻ্āϤা āĻšā§।
2. What is he "a fairly successful hand" at?
( āϏি āĻি āĻাāĻŽāϤ āĻĒাāĻৈāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: He is a fairly successful hand at stealing. He is an experienced thief.
( āϏি āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°্āĻŽāϤ āĻĒাāĻৈāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻāĻāύ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻ āĻুā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।)
3. What does he from Anil in return for his work?
( āϏি āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°্āĻŽā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§āϤ āĻ
āύিāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer: He gets from Anil, food and a place to live in return for his work.
( āϏি āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ াāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻ
āύিāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°্āĻŽā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§āϤ। )
4. How does the thief think Anil will meet to the theft?
( āĻুā§°āĻোā§ąে āĻ
āύিāϞে āĻুā§°ি āĻাā§°্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦিāĻিāϞ? )
Answer: Hari Singh, the theif think that Anil would be sad not because of the loss of money but because of the loss of trust he had in Hari.
( āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻ, āύাāĻŽā§° āĻুā§°āĻোā§ąে āĻāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে, āĻāύিāϞে āĻĻূāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻāĻাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে, āϤেāĻেāϤে āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻুā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻĨাāϤ āĻŽāύ āĻŦেā§া āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। )
5. What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?
( āϏি āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻুā§°ি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ
āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°ে āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ? )
Answer: Haris experience at theft had made him aware of difference in reactions of people when they are robbed. According to him, a greedy man shows fear, the rich shows anger and a poor man shows acceptance.
āĻšā§°িā§ে āĻুā§° āĻā§°ি āϞাāĻ āĻā§°া āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻাā§ąে āϏāϤ⧰্āĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏি āĻুā§° āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻৃāĻšāϏ্āĻĨā§° āĻ āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻšā§। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽāϤে, āϞুāĻীā§া āĻŽাāύে āĻā§ āĻাāĻ, āϧāύী āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻāĻ āĻāĻ ে āĻā§°ু āĻĻুāĻীā§া āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ে।
6. Does Anle realise that he has been robbed?
( āĻ
āύিāϞে āĻĄāĻাāĻāϤি āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āύে? )
Answer: Yes, Anil realises that he had been robbed, as he gave a fifty rupee note to Hari which was damp due to the nights rain.
( āĻšā§, āĻ
āύিāϞে āĻুā§° āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻĨা āĻ'āĻŽ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϏি ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻāĻ āĻĒঁāĻিāĻļ āĻāĻা āĻĻিāĻāϤে ā§°াāϤি āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖāϤ āĻিāĻি āĻĒāĻāĻাāĻো āϤিāϤি āĻāĻিāϞ। )
7. What are Hari Sing's reactions at the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change overtime?
( āĻļিāĻ্āώা āϞাāĻā§° āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻ
āĻিāĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāĻিāϞ? āϏāĻŽā§ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϞেāĻā§া āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি?
Answer: Hari was very happy and grateful when he learned to write his name. He was very excited when Anil promised to teach him to write whole sentences as well. He knows that an education man will add to his abilities and he could achive anything. But when he left Anil house, he realised that stealing was simply a crime to indulge himself but being educated was an entirely different thing. He know the respect, reputation and possibilities that would come to him once he was education. Thus his urge to receive education compelled him to return to Anil.
āύিāĻā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻাā§° āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻ āϏুāĻী āĻā§°ু āĻৃāϤāĻ্āĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϝেāϤিā§া āĻ
āύিāϞে āĻĒāĻĸ়াāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āϤাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāϤ āĻŽāϤāϞীā§া āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻāύিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻļিāĻ্āώাāĻ āϤাā§° āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻ āĻāĻুā§ąাāĻ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏি āĻ
āύিāϞ⧰ āĻā§° āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻুā§° āĻā§°াāĻো āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻĒā§°াāϧ, āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻ্āώিāϤ āĻšোā§ąাāĻো āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦিāώā§। āϏি āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ, āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ąāύা āĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώা āϞাāĻā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤāĻšে āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą। āϏেā§েāĻšে āĻļিāĻ্āώা āϞাāĻā§° āĻšাāĻŦিā§্āϝাāϏ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏি āĻ
āύিāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻāĻāϤি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
8. Why does Anil not hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?
( āĻ
āύিāϞে āĻুā§°āĻোāĻ āĻিā§ āĻĒুāϞিāĻā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāϤাāĻ āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāĻŦা āĻŦāĻšু āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāύে āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦাāύে? āĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻ āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻ
āύিāϞ āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ? )
Answer: Unlike others, Anil does not handover Hari to the police on theft charges. Hari knew about the theft but did not thrash him nor even mentioned it in from of Hari. He was glad that Hari had realised his mistakes and the importance of education in life. Anil wanted Hari to become a literate man and lead a respectful life. He is different from other such employes because he is very understanding. Hari's return gave him the hope of a change in him.
( āĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻ āύিāϞে āĻšā§°িāĻ āĻুā§°ি āĻাā§°্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒুāϞিāĻā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāϤাāĻ āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻুā§° āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻĨাāĻো āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻোāύো āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāϞি āĻļāĻĒāύি āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻšā§°িā§ে āύিāĻā§° āĻূāϞ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻ্āώাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύীā§āϤা āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাā§° āĻŽāύāĻো āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻ āύিāϞে āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻে āĻļিāĻ্āώিāϤ āĻšৈ āϏāύ্āĻŽাāύ āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻো āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻŦাāĻীāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāϞিāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϏি āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻšā§°িā§ে āĻূā§°ি āĻ āĻšা āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻা āĻāĻļা āĻাāĻিāϞে āϝে āϏি āϏāϞāύি āĻš'āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি। )
9. Do you think people like Anil and Hari Singh are found only in fiction, or are there such people in real life?
( āϤুāĻŽি āĻাāĻŦাāύে āϝে āĻ
āύিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāϞ্āĻĒāϤ āĻĒোā§ąা āϝাā§, āύে āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ą ā§°ূāĻĒāϤো āϤেāύে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻĨাāĻে। )
Answer:- People like Anil and Hari Sing are found only in fiction. Though exceptions might be there, these people are rorely found. Anil was kind and considerate person who was concerned, about Hari's education and future. And Hari was a thief Whose heart changes after realising the importance of education for his future. People like these are imaginary in today's world.
( āĻ
āύিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻāϤে āĻĒোā§ąা āĻāĻ িāύ। āĻ
āύিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§° āĻĻā§াāϞু āĻā§°ু āĻŽā§°āĻŽীā§াāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āϝিā§ে āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤāĻ āϞৈ āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻš āĻāĻāύ āĻুā§° āĻāĻিāϞ, āϝাā§° āĻŽāύ āĻ¸ā§ąāύি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āύিāĻ āĻā§ąিāώ্āϝāϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāϤা āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ। āĻāύেāĻŦোā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻাāϞ্āĻĒāύিāĻ āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āĻŽাāĻĨো। )
10. Do you think it is a significant detail in story that Anil is a struggling writer? This explain his behavior in any way.
( āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻাāĻšাāύীāϤো āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻāĻĨাāĻ āĻ
āύিāϞে āϝে āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽী āϞিāĻāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°ে āύে? āĻāĻā§াāĻ āϤাā§° āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āϤāĻĨা āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻĻā§°্āĻļাāĻ। )
Answer: Yes, it is a significant detail that Anil is a struggling writer. His lifestyle was simple and he used to spend his money according to his in limit. Sometimes his struggle gave him a lot of income while at times he used to worry about the next payment. Haris observation about the discontinuation in his work justifies his behave regarding money.
( āĻšā§ āĻ
āύিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽী āϞিāĻāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤাā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āĻļৈāϞী āĻŦā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§° āĻাāĻŦি āĻিāύ্āϤি āϏি āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āύিāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§āϤ āϏি āĻ
āϧিāĻ āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻŦা āĻāĻৌ āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻŽাāύāύিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻিāύ্āϤাāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦ āϞāĻীā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻšā§°িā§ে āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦেāĻ্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻĒāĻāĻাā§° āĻ
āϏুāĻŦিāϧাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻšā§āϤু āϤাā§° āĻĒāĻāĻাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϤেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§°। )
11. Have you met anyone like Hari Singh? Can you think and imagine the circumstances that can turn a fifteen year old boy into a thief?
( āϤুāĻŽি āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϞāĻ āĻĒাāĻāĻা āύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°াāĻোāύ āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻāĻা āĻĒোāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻŦāĻā§°ীā§া āϞ'ā§°া āĻুā§°ি āĻাā§°্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে? )
Answer: No, I have not met anyone like Hari Singh but the existence of such people is certain. A fifteen year old boy can be forced by circumstances to became a thief. It may be the need to feed the stomach to satisfy illegal addiction etc.
( āύাāĻ āĻšā§°ি āϏিāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻোāύো āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻŽāĻ āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāύে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāύāϤ āĻĨাāĻে। āĻāĻা āĻĒোāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻŦāĻā§°ীā§া āϞ'ā§°া āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻĒā§°ি āĻুā§°ি āĻাā§°্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻোāύোā§ąে āĻšā§āϤু āĻĒেāĻā§° āϤাāĻĄ়āύাāϤ, āύāϤুāĻŦা āĻোāύোā§ąে āĻĒেāĻā§° āϤাāĻĄ়āύাāϤ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা āύিāĻাāĻাāϤীā§ āĻĻ্ā§°āĻŦ্āϝ āϏেā§ąāύ āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻুā§°ি āĻাā§°্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। )
12. When is the story set? Which language or languages are spoken in these places? Do you think the characters in the story spoke to each other in English?
āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻোāύ āĻ াāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϏāĻা āĻšৈāĻে? āϏেāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻিāύিāϤ āĻি āĻাāώা āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻ āĻšā§? āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āĻাāĻŦা āϏেāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻিāύিā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻাāώাāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤে āύে?
Answer: The story is set somewhere in Uttar Pradesh near Lucknow. We can say so because the story mentions that there is a railway station for Express train to Lucknow. The presence of sweet shops and bazaars also indicate it to be a decent-sized town. No the characters in the story do not speak to each other in English but probably in Idindi.
( āĻāĻšিāύীāĻো āϞāĻ্āώ্āύৌā§° āϏāĻŽীāĻĒāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻ াāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϏāĻা āĻšৈāĻে। āĻĒাāĻ āĻিāϤ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϞāĻ্āώ্āύৌāϞৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻ্ā§°েāĻāύāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āĻŽিāĻ াāĻā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ, āĻŦāĻাā§° āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻāĻĒāϏ্āϤিāϤিā§ে āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻā§ āĻĻাāĻি āϧ⧰ে। āύাāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻ াāĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻšিāύ্āĻĻী āĻাāώাāϤāĻšে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤে āĻংā§°াāĻীāϤ āύāĻšā§।)
Angamita Dutta
MA in English (G.U.)0.