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From the outset of the story, Narayan is quick to depict the astrologer as an impressive presence, a man who gives off a supernatural impression by his very appearance. People want to believe the things he has to say because he looks like he possesses keen cosmic insight. The irony is that the astrologer is just a regular man and his supposed insight is actually just his ability to find customers to exploit with his ruse.
This description is the first declarative statement about the astrologer’s fraudulence and the way in which he uses a powerful costume and the revered…