The gardener by P Lankesh as a story highlights how man will never change unless and until circumstances force him to. This is very clearly depicted in the way in which the two main characters -Tammannah and Basavaiah appear envious of each other to such a great extent that they are ready to survive at the cost of the other person.
An old man walks miles together in search of a job, not that he couldn't get one, but he wanted to be far away from known people. Added to it, this acted as an ambulatory exercise for him. He reached a garden and noticed that many things were not well organized. So, he felt that it was necessary to bring in a lot of reforms. He met the owner and with just a few words exchanged, he was provided with the job. One he became the gardener, all the petty thefts came to an end and the owner was able to make a lot of profit and he felt that the gardener had been doing his job perfectly. But with his, there was an additional danger, and that was the way in which the owner started misusing the profit he made. He took up all bad practices, and this worried his wife quite a lot. So, she felt that the old man could provide a solution to all her problems, and went to him. He then realized that the woman had come for the same specific reason and he told her that whatever is done, the owner will never mind himself unless his wife teaches him a lesson and thus happened as a continuation of the similar situation he and his rival Basavaiah had been in.
It so happened that Tammannah and Basavaiah, who were in a particular village had started acquiring land to such a great extent that almost the entire village belonged to either of them. When Basavaiah learned that Tammannah had 1000 acres of land and he had 800, he sent a word to Tammannah asking him to sell the 200 acres.
One day Tammannah realized that it was very difficult to continue in the same way and thought that it would be good to destroy his viral completely. So, he decided to humiliate him in such a way that he could never counteract. He started composing ballads and all these ballads described how Basavaiah had started taking revenge against Tammanah. When Baasavaiah could not try to be on par with his rival, he nearly confiscated all of the property that belonged to Tammanah. Even then, nothing great happened. So, he organized small functions and where great poets from nearby lands would be called and asked to recite the poems that they had written. This was to show that he acted as a patron of arts and somewhere this was deliberately done as he could not have the books of Tammanah at his house.
When the news spread that Tammanah was ill, Basavaiah rejoiced. But later on, Basavaiah dies, and this comes as a great death blow to Tammanah. Instead of being happy now, he is terribly disturbed because he doesn't know what to do, as the very purpose of his life had been defeated. So, he felt that in the process of taking revenge against his rival, he has avenged himself.
In order to get away from all these problems, he decided to leave that place and settle down in some other place where he could help people in one way or the other, and it is basically due to this reason that he lands himself in the owner's garden trying to act as a gardener. His rich experience is bound to help people around him, provided they are ready to listen to his advice.
An old man walks miles together in search of a job, not that he couldn't get one, but he wanted to be far away from known people. Added to it, this acted as an ambulatory exercise for him. He reached a garden and noticed that many things were not well organized. So, he felt that it was necessary to bring in a lot of reforms. He met the owner and with just a few words exchanged, he was provided with the job. One he became the gardener, all the petty thefts came to an end and the owner was able to make a lot of profit and he felt that the gardener had been doing his job perfectly. But with his, there was an additional danger, and that was the way in which the owner started misusing the profit he made. He took up all bad practices, and this worried his wife quite a lot. So, she felt that the old man could provide a solution to all her problems, and went to him. He then realized that the woman had come for the same specific reason and he told her that whatever is done, the owner will never mind himself unless his wife teaches him a lesson and thus happened as a continuation of the similar situation he and his rival Basavaiah had been in.
It so happened that Tammannah and Basavaiah, who were in a particular village had started acquiring land to such a great extent that almost the entire village belonged to either of them. When Basavaiah learned that Tammannah had 1000 acres of land and he had 800, he sent a word to Tammannah asking him to sell the 200 acres.
One day Tammannah realized that it was very difficult to continue in the same way and thought that it would be good to destroy his viral completely. So, he decided to humiliate him in such a way that he could never counteract. He started composing ballads and all these ballads described how Basavaiah had started taking revenge against Tammanah. When Baasavaiah could not try to be on par with his rival, he nearly confiscated all of the property that belonged to Tammanah. Even then, nothing great happened. So, he organized small functions and where great poets from nearby lands would be called and asked to recite the poems that they had written. This was to show that he acted as a patron of arts and somewhere this was deliberately done as he could not have the books of Tammanah at his house.
When the news spread that Tammanah was ill, Basavaiah rejoiced. But later on, Basavaiah dies, and this comes as a great death blow to Tammanah. Instead of being happy now, he is terribly disturbed because he doesn't know what to do, as the very purpose of his life had been defeated. So, he felt that in the process of taking revenge against his rival, he has avenged himself.
In order to get away from all these problems, he decided to leave that place and settle down in some other place where he could help people in one way or the other, and it is basically due to this reason that he lands himself in the owner's garden trying to act as a gardener. His rich experience is bound to help people around him, provided they are ready to listen to his advice.
