HULLABALOO CHAPTER 10

Summary (chapter 10)

The Chawla family had settled in the orchard everything was supplied to them after all they are the family of the India’s great holy man. From lights, electricity, water, matches, soap, candles directly delivered to their door step.

Mr. Chawla had more in mind he wanted to extend his house, making a new kitchen or even open a bank account in the name of special fund to build temple. This will make endless amounts of money as people were so attacked to Sampath’s so called power.

Every one earned money even the rickshaw men had started to charge people more. Buses had to make more often trips to the orchard then it ever did.

As we know from the previous chapters that Sampath was provided with all sorts of comfort in the tree and now it was the family’s turn. Ammaji opened her tea stall; she enjoyed her snack and tea as she chatted the whole day. Mr Chawla was a guard to all those offerings that had been given to Sampath. By the end of the day he would collect them and sell them again the next day.

There was one man among the devotees who was a spy from the Atheist Society  and was also the member of Branch to Uncover Fraudulent Holy Men. The spy suspected that Sampath was not a real holy man. The spy made notes, asked Sampath questions and even kept his eye on anything he found unusual. He had a miserable life, hopeless family and a job as a teacher that he hated. He wanted to find the truth.

With all the questions the spy asked made Sampath really upset. Sampath showed everyone as if he was in deep thoughts so that he gets to ignore any further questions form the spy. Ammaji who was chatting with the devotees explained them how upset the family was with Sampath and how they would beg him to study, maybe just a little to get a passing grade. Even Miss Jyotsana entered the conversation and told them her experience with Sampath.

The pleasant surrounding and the beauty of nature made everyone, at that moment miss Jyotsana begin to sing. Sampath’s love for Jyotsana grew eve more, he had always admired her and sweet voice just made her even more perfect.

The spy was completely shocked. He  wondered how Sampath can even fool people so easily. The spy did not want to miss any detail; he even used his sense of smell to get any further clue about Sampath. The smell of cardamom and cloves filled the air. Someone was cooking. The spy thought that Sampath might be on drugs…

Problem	Sampath’s advice
Can anybody comprehend all there is to know about God?	Once you have broken a bottle you can no longer distinguish the air inside from the air outside.
Can you talk about the problem of religious unrest in our country?	North, south, east and west, everyone eats lentils in some form or another and everybody receives their nutritional benefits.
I try to interest my children in spiritual matters, but they turn a deaf ear.	There is no sign of the fruit when you buy the shoot.  A watermelon does not exist before the watermelon season.