My Reminiscences · Character
Govinda Babu
A neighbor and family friend who participates in cultural activities.
minor
Also known as Gobinda Babu
First appearance: part iv xvii my home environment
Govinda Babu shows up with force in IX: Practising Poetry. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The school superintendent who commissioned a moral poem and had the narrator recite it before the highest class.
Govinda Babu first appears in 0019 part iv xvii my home environment.
In IX: Practising Poetry: The school superintendent who commissioned a moral poem and had the narrator recite it before the highest class.
Later, in X: Srikantha Babu: Mentioned as the superintendent who would have shown more respect for the narrator's serious poem.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Family and household members
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Govinda Babu in part iv xvii my home environment