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The Boy Who Broke the Bank by Ruskin Bond Detailed Summary of The Boy Who Broke the Bank by Ruskin Bond The Boy Who Broke the Bank is a humorous yet thought-provoking short story by Ruskin Bond. Set in the quiet town of Pipalnagar, the story illustrates how a simple misunderstanding can develop into a powerful rumour and eventually create a major financial crisis. Through wit, irony, and realistic characters, the author demonstrates that people often believe and spread unverified information without considering the consequences. The story begins with Nathu, a poor sweeper employed by the Pipalnagar Bank. Every morning, he cleans the steps and the surroundings of the bank before customers begin to arrive. Although he works hard, he has not received his wages for several weeks. The delay has made him frustrated and unhappy. While sweeping the bank premises, he complains aloud that he has not been paid and wonders why the bank cannot pay even a low-paid employee like him. His words are me...

The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde  Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never realised. Poor Hughie! Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-natured thing in his life. But then he was wonderfully good-looking, with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cut profile, and his grey eyes. He was as popular with  men as he was with women and he had every accomplishment except that of making money. His father had bequeathed him his cavalry sword and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes. Hughie hung the first over his looking-glass, put the second on a shelf between Ruff’s Guide and Bailey’s Magazine, and lived on two hundred a year that an ol...