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Mohun Biswas (Mr Biswas) is born in rural Trinidad to parents of Indian origin. His birth is considered
inauspicious as he is born "in the wrong way" and with an extra finger. A pundit prophesies that the newly
born Mr Biswas "will be a lecher and a spendthrift. Possibly a liar as well", and that he will "eat up his
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the calf to wander off. Mohun hides in fear of punishment. His father, believing his son to be in the
water, drowns in an attempt to save him, thus in part fulfilling the pundit's prophecy. This leads to the
dissolution of Mr Biswas's family. His sister is sent to live with a wealthy aunt and uncle, Tara and Ajodha,
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a bad result. Finally, Mr Biswas now becoming a young man decides to set out to make his own fortune.
He encounters a friend from his days of attending school who helps him get into the business of sign
writing. While on the job, Mr Biswas attempts to romance a client's daughter and his advances are
misinterpreted as a wedding proposal. He is drawn into a marriage which he does not have the nerve to
stop and becomes a member of the Tulsi household.
With the Tulsis, Mr Biswas becomes very unhappy with his wife Shama and her overbearing family, which
bears a slight resemblance to the Capildeo family into which Naipaul's father married. He is usually at
odds with the Tulsis and his struggle for economic independence from the oppressive household drives the
plot. The Tulsi family (and the big decaying house they live in) represents the traditional communal
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