Malgudi Days Swami & Friends 1 Season 2 Episode 3 An Astrologer's Day

An Astrologer's Day is the third episode of the first season of Malgudi Days Swami & Friends. Set in the fictional town of Malgudi, south India, the episode follows an astrologer who walks the streets advertising his fortune-telling skills. As he begins his day's work, a stranger approaches him and demands that he provide an immediate reading. The astrologer, eager to make a quick profit, proceeds to give the stranger a vague reading, indicating that he is in great danger but offering no specifics.

Feeling cheated, the stranger threatens the astrologer physically, causing him to panic and flee the scene. Distraught and shaken, the astrologer fluctuates between fear for his life and a sense of moral obligation to rectify the wrong he has committed. In a moment of clarity, he decides to turn his life around, abandoning his former profession and adopting a new identity.

As the episode progresses, we see the astrologer adjusting to his new existence, working hard and living finally without fear of his past catching up with him. His success is interrupted, however, by a chance encounter with the very stranger who had threatened him, and whose fortune the astrologer had claimed he could read.

The astrologer, now confident in his new identity, confronts the stranger and reveals that he had lied about his abilities, admitting that he has no true gift of foresight. The stranger is initially furious, but eventually stops to reflect on his own life, and the ways in which he has been able to change course at different junctures.

The episode ends on a hopeful note, as the astrologer and the stranger part ways with a newfound respect for one another and a shared belief in the possibility of transformation and renewal. In this way, An Astrologer's Day addresses themes of deception, self-discovery, and redemption, offering a moving and nuanced exploration of the human experience and our capacity for change.