1.) How did the community celebrate Rakesh’s success?

2.) Why was Rakesh’s success a special matter of discussion in the neighborhood?

3.) How does the author make fun with the words ‘America’ and ‘the USA’?

4.) How does the author characterize Rakesh’s wife?

5.) Describe how Rakesh rises in his career.

6.) How does the author describe Rakesh’s family background?

7.) What is the impact of Rakesh’s mother’s death on his father?

8.) What did Rakesh do to make his father’s old age more comfortable?

9.) Why did the old man try to bribe his grandchildren?

10.) Are Mr. Varma’s complaints about his diets reasonable? How?

11.) How did Varma couple make sacrifices for their son’s higher education?

12.) Mr. Varma suffers from diseases one after another after his wife’s death. Would he have enjoyed better health if she had not died before him? Give reasons.

13.) Dr. Rakesh is divided between a doctor and a son. As a son, he loves his father and worries about his weakening health but as a doctor he is strict on his father’s diet and medicine. In your view, what else could Rakesh have done to make him his father’s

14.) What does the story say about the relationship between grandfather and grandchildren?

15.) Do you call Rakesh a devoted son? Give reasons.