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THE FINANCIAL EXPERT The Financial Expert was published in 1952 It is the study of an ambitious and clever financial expert Margayya who is an expert in tackling minor transaction successfully His real name is Krishna but he is popular by his new name Margayya which is very significant for it is symbolic of one how shown the way He also shows the way out to those in financial trouble He first practices his trade as a financier in a small south Indian town of Malgudi He is such a financial wizard that he keeps the accounts of his numerous clients on the tip of his fingers and helps to draw unlimited loans from the Co operative Bank A brush with a secretary of the back makes him disgusted with his position as small financier with his position as small financier and he gives it up finally when his pampered son Balu throws his account book in a neighboring gutter His ambition was to grow rich As per the instructions of a temple priest he plans to propitiate the god Lakshmi by confirming himself for forty days in his house and chanting sacred in praise of the Goddess He goes through the sacred prayers but fails to win the favor by Goddess CSW P 37 Days passed and contrary to his expectations his financial position instead of improving grows worse While meditating one day on the choice of some business he is surprised by the presence of Dr Pal a journalist correspondent and author
