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A modest shopkeeper in the town of Malgudi, Raju’s father is by turns soft and severe with his son, whom he takes shopping with him at times, and whom he threatens with violence at others—particularly when Raju misbehaves or fails to learn the lessons that his father attempts to teach him. He is a social man who likes chatting with the customers who stop at his shop. When he opens a second shop in the railway station that is built across from his house, he prospers. However, Raju’s father doesn’t survive long—taken ill during the rainy season one year, he dies before his son reaches full adulthood.
Raju’s Father Quotes in The Guide
The The Guide quotes below are all either spoken by Raju’s Father or refer to Raju’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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One fine day, beyond the tamarind tree the station building was ready. The steel tracks gleamed in the sun; the signal posts stood with their red and green stripes and their colorful lamps; and our world was neatly divided into this side of the railway line and that side.
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Raju’s Father Quotes in The Guide
The The Guide quotes below are all either spoken by Raju’s Father or refer to Raju’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
Quotes
One fine day, beyond the tamarind tree the station building was ready. The steel tracks gleamed in the sun; the signal posts stood with their red and green stripes and their colorful lamps; and our world was neatly divided into this side of the railway line and that side.
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