HULLABALOO CHAPTER 8

Summary (chapter 8)

In chapter 8 Mr Chawla relises something, that Sampath’s unfathomable wisdom can be use to generate some money into the house. Mr Chawla who actually knows that Sampath is not super intelligent and magical person but just a lazy boy. Mr Chawla was busy planning things he can do with the help of Sampath, he did reveal out anything and is waiting for the right time to seize the opportunity.

Since Sampath’s popularity grew and people started camping in the orchard. It was time to make Sampath look more like a professional at what he does, as more and more devotees gather. So the family decided to provided him with a cot, an umbrella to protect him from sun and rain and a quilt, woolen hat kitted by Ammaji. That was not the end, the family also took special care about their hygiene after all they had some respect for their level cleanliness in the society. With the help of ropes and buckets, this pulley system was designed by Mr Chalwla. The family was successfully able to provide Sampath with a bath.

They also had to take care of Sampath’s health so they attached another carte to the pulley system and send it to Samapth. It was so amazing see the dramatic change, few days back he was nobody, no one cared for him and now he was like a king giving orders to his family. Sitting high up in the tree, he was happy and satisfied.

The first once to come to visit Samapath was Mr Gupta and Ms Joytsana. They were the once who criticised Samapth for his bad behaviour at the marriage and here they were taking his advice. Mr Gupta likes teasing Miss Jyotsana. Samapath reminds Jyotsana that she had to repay 152 rupees. This shocked everyone especially Ms Joytsana who never wanted to reveal this secret. Again this was not any sort of wisdom at all, credit it all to post office were Sampath secretly sneaked into Miss Jyotsana's bag.

It seemed as if the respect for him grew even more, more people started to ask him all sorts of questions. All Sampath’s answers were somewhat related to food, animals and nature. For people it did not matter if the answer make sense or not and most of the time it was the people who asked the questions the once to answer it themselves.

Kulfi’s inspiration grew from the things that Samapath spoke, and she started to cook for Sampath, her passion for cooking and food was so huge that ingredients in a regular kitchen and ingredients on the bazaar shelves could not satisfy her. She was usually upset by the fact that her neighbors always interrupted her cooking by advising her how to cook. She hated that. She gives Sampath what she cooked but was still not satisfied with the outcome. Then she would only cook again when she would be inspired.

Even Kulfi like Sampath achieved a level of peace and space in the orchard. Kulfi knew her son very well. She knew everything that he was going trough. Her son gave her a sense of peace, she loved him and she cooked for him and only him. Pinky, on the other hand had no deep connections with her mother, but the father and daughter relationship seem to go quite well.

Chapter 8 can be divided like this:

1.Mr Chawla realises how Sampath being in the tree can benefit the family (p.68)

2.The Chawla family make changes to Sampath’s living arrangement (p.69-70)

3.The Chawlas make arrangements for Sampath’s washing, meals and toilet. (p.71-72)

4.Sampath starts giving advice to the people visiting his tree (p.73-76)

5.Desai shows Kulfi’s thoughts and feelings about cooking for Sampath (p.76-79)