In the world of Indian literature, few authors have captured the essence of everyday life as masterfully as R.K. Narayan. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, often referred to as R.K. Narayan was a literary luminary.  “Father’s Help” is a prime example of Narayan’s unique talent, that offers a window into the complexities of familial bonds and the beauty of ordinary moments. In this blog post, you can read “Father’s Help full story”. So, let’s step into Narayan’s world and explore the full story of “Father’s Help” to unearth the profound wisdom it holds within its pages.

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Father’s Help Full Story

Lying in bed, Swaminathan realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it had been the last period on Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped that an earthquake would reduce the school building to dust, but that good building—Albert Mission School—had withstood similar prayers for over a hundred years now.

At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed, ‘I have a headache.’ His mother said, ‘Why don’t you go to school in a jutka?’

‘So that I may be completely dead at the other end? Have you any idea what it means to be jolted in a jutka?’

‘Have you many important lessons today?’

‘Important! That geography teacher has been teaching the same lesson for over a year now. And we have arithmetic, which means for a whole period we are going to be beaten by the teacher… important lessons!’

And Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home.

At 9.30, when he ought to have been shouting in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room. Father asked him, ‘Have you no school today?’ 

‘Headache,’ Swaminathan replied.

‘Nonsense! Dress up and go.’

‘Headache.’

‘Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.’

Swami knew how stubborn his father could be and changed his tactics. ‘I can’t go so late to the class.’

‘I agree, but you’ll have to; it is your own fault. You should have asked me before deciding to stay away.’

‘What will the teacher think if I go so late?’

‘Tell him you had a headache and so are late.’

‘He will beat me if I say so.’

‘Will he? Let us see. What is his name?’

‘Samuel.’

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