What is the Plot of Like The sun by RK Narayan?

Answer 1

Sekhar, a teacher, is thinking about truth. He feels that truth is like the sun—you cannot look at it directly.

He believes that people spend their lives avoiding truth. Sekhar decides to spend one day telling only the

truth. That morning, he tells his wife that the breakfast she has made is not good. At school, one of the

teachers tells him that someone they know has died. Sekhar replies that the man was selfish and mean.

Then the headmaster invites Sekhar to his house. He knows that Sekhar has good taste in music, and he

wants Sekhar to listen to his singing. In return, the headmaster tells Sekhar that he can have extra time to

grade some test papers. Sekhar listens to the headmaster sing. The singing is terrible. Sekhar is afraid that

he will lose his job if he tells the truth about the headmaster’s singing. Sekhar tells the headmaster that his

singing is not good. The headmaster thanks him for being honest and says that now he does not have to

continue paying the music teacher but he tell Sekhar that he has to finish checking the 100 papers before

tomorrow morning.