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You said holidays were from the 7th.

What's the date today?

I had some work

Admit you didn't want

to come to your mother

Apu, you'll catch cold

- What do they give you to eat there?

- Everything

Lentils, rice, fish, vegetables

- Who does the cooking?

- There's a cook

A good cook?

Stop reading

Talk to me.

What have you seen in Calcutta?

- Everything

- Tell me, then

Victoria Memorial,

Whiteway Laidlaw...

...Hogg Market,

the zoo, Fort William...

The temple at Kalighat?

Yes, I went there the other day.

And Keoratala...

What's in Keoratala?

When will you pass your examinations

and get a job? Can I stay with you?

Rubbish

What if I'm seriously ill?

Such things happen

Every evening

I feel feverish and dizzy

I've no appetite at all

I've often thought of telling you,

but I haven't

When you're able to earn money,

will you arrange treatment for me?

Want paan?

Did you hear what Niru said?

You'll go, won't you?

- Why not? She's asked you many times

- I've classes on Monday

What does it matter

if you are two days late?

You have so few holidays

There are no holidays

until New Year

There's never time for packing in the

morning. I have to run for the train

Sunrise is at quarter past six

tomorrow. Wake me in good time

I'm late

- Won't you check everything?

- There's no time

I missed the train

I'll go tomorrow

Won't it upset your studies?

- Would you like something to eat?

- Later, mother

Dear Apu,

why don't you write regularly?

I worry when I don't hear from you

If you have a holiday during

the Ganesh puja, come home

I haven't seen you for two months

If you haven't enough money,

I'll send you some

There are no Ganesh puja holiday

in my college, and I have exams soon

If I don't stay in Calcutta,

my studies will suffer

Every day I think of calling,

but I never manage it

Heard from Apu?

Is he well?

Your son is a gem. You should get him

married, your worries would be over

You're alone, and every day

I think of visiting you,

but there's never time

Yesterday, my son-in-law

arrived from Kalna

They have a shop there.

He and his father look after it

But what goings-on there are

Three sons, and grandchildren, too

The mother died, and the father

soon remarried

Cremation ground

What shall I do with so much?

I can't stay now. I must go and

prepare medicine for Kumi's cough

I'll come this evening, if I can

Don't be cross, but we've written

to your great-uncle

Why? He's an old man

Have you written to Apu?

Apu has a holiday

today and tomorrow

Is he coming? Shall I write to him?

If he comes, he must come

because he wants to

His examinations are around the

corner. It's best if he stays there

You mustn't write to him

Promise me you won't

I'll come again,

and so will the others

- Shall I shut the door that's open?

- I'll do it later

All right, I'll leave these

on the veranda

I never expected to find you here

Didn't you say you were leaving town

for two days?

To your village... Mansapota?

I can't study there, I fall asleep

- Won't your mother be angry?

- No, I've fixed that

I've sent her a money order,

from the bonus Akhil-babu gave me

Aren't you nervous?

A little. I'm not quite ready

for the chemistry paper

There's a letter for you

Is it from your mother?

From Niri-di. Mother is ill

Is it serious?

Don't cry, Apu.

Parents don't stay with you forever

It's what had to happen

Now you'd better perform

the shraddha and then stay here

You'll earn enough as a priest

Where are you off to?

- Why Calcutta?

- For my examinations

And your mother's shraddha?

I'll take care of that in Calcutta,

at Kalighat

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