The Resignation Pramod, the narrator of this story, looks back on the past in an introspective mood. The life story of his aunt Mrinal, the relationship he shared with her as a child, his gradual estrangement from her in adulthood all combine to raise deep, philosophical questions about human nature and the restrictions society imposes on it. As the story unfolds, society reveals it to be a fraudulent institution, each member of which adopts a false personality ...