How was Duttada welcome back home?What was the secret communication for which he rushed to the sweet shop?
Duttada was welcomed back home with a huge group of friends and admirers. Duttada arrived home to find Indrani Debi had organised a prayer meeting or yajna to ward off any evil. He was furious that she still believed in superstitions like travelling abroad being bad or discovering a comet being unlucky. Duttada followed the comet’s path regularly and it was now visible to the naked eye. He received an urgent telex message from the British Council on November 18. It was from Sir John mentioning he was now confident of buying his Christmas presents. It was an indirect way of telling that Project Light Brigade had been successful and the comet would not strike the Earth. He ran to buy sweets from his favourite rasagolla shop in celebration.