HULLABALOO CHAPTER 7

Summary (chapter 7)

When the family came back they realised that Sampath was missing from the house. They went to the local police station to report for missing Sampath but lazy Shahkotians were unanle to find Sampath.

At last the watchman of University Research Forest saw a man on top of a near by tree that’s how the news spread. Mr. Chawla could predict who that might be it might be, none other than his own son Sampath.

Sampath was not very pleased to find them there he wanted them to shoo away and ask them why they were here but he could not. After all, he did not want to hurt their feelings.

Mr Chawla and Pinky who were more worried about their reputation in town tried to force Sampath down the tree but Ammaji on the other hand was worried about Sampath's health and pleaded him to come down. Surprisingly Kulfi his mother, who he loved most was quiet.

Kulfi remembers her dark past and that feeling of being enclosed by walls. So Kulfi decides to let Sampath stay where he was because she knew exactly what he was feeling and knew that he also wanted his own freedom.

The family started to look for solutions the family went to Dr Banerjee for help, Tibetan doctor, homeopathic medicines and finally the holy man. The solution the man gave was most trusted by the family. A marriage.

Even Kulfi was married  to Mr Chawla for the same reason. Kulfi always acted weird like sleep walking and also her strange obsessions with food seem to grow since her late teens. Kulfi's family feared that the rumor of her wired attitude will spread around the town. So before it does they got her married to Mr Chawla.

The writer describes that a typical Indian women should be perfect from head to toe but if she is not then dowry need to be given to the man's family. Kulfi's family had given dowry to Mr Chawla's family which made Ammaji greedy. Mr Chawla knew that this family was slightly insane but telling this to Ammaji was of no use.

The family had found a girl for Sampath not as perfect as every one wanted but they were satisfied to have at least found a girl. Sampath would not come down so the girl had to climb up to meet her future husband. Unfortunately she fell and sneezed, these two incidences combined were enough to make people talk about this relationship and call it 'not auspicious.' This solution did not really work out. 

After all that chaos Sampath started to think again all about the school and post office. In the crowd below him he saw Mr Singh, Mr Chopra and Ratan Sinha he remembered what he had read from the letters and attacked them with a few embarrassing questions. All of them were shocked to hear what Sampath told them.

People thought he was some sort of magical spirit who knew what was going on in their lives. Smapath was now on newspapers all around Shahkot. Sampath was popular. This certainly shows the attitude of the Shahkotian and how they believe more in orthodox then in real life facts.

Chapter 7 is long and can be divided into 5 sections, like this:

1. The Chawlas look for help getting Sampath down out of the tree.  They go to the police, a doctor, some alternative healers and, finally, a holy man. (pages 52-57)

2. The author describes the process of making a traditional arranged marriage in India and describes favoured characteristics in a wife among familes. (pages 57-59)

3. The Chawlas attempt to get Sampath out of the tree by forcing him to meet an arranged wife, who they send up into the tree after him. (pages 59-62)

4. Mr Chawla remembers the conditions of his own arranged marriage to Kulfi (pages 62-65)

5. Sampath gets the attention of some nearby locals and devotees (pages 65-67).