why does the narrator feel embarassed at having made a promise? what promise did he make?
The narrator felt embarrassed because she could not keep her promise, given to a poor rag picker Saheb.
Once while the narrator was talking with Saheb, one of the protagonists in the story, she had asked him why he did not go to school. In reply he had said that there were no schools in their neighborhood. Casually, she asked him whether he would go to school if she builds one. Saheb replied in positive. After a few days when she meets Saheb again, he enquires about the school. The narrator was embarrassed because she had not meant it seriously.
Once while the narrator was talking with Saheb, one of the protagonists in the story, she had asked him why he did not go to school. In reply he had said that there were no schools in their neighborhood. Casually, she asked him whether he would go to school if she builds one. Saheb replied in positive. After a few days when she meets Saheb again, he enquires about the school. The narrator was embarrassed because she had not meant it seriously.