Tagore’s renunciation of his knighthood is cited as one of Shibdas Debsharma’s celebrated predictions, placing the event within the novel’s account of the professor’s claimed foresight.

The Prediction

Connie had memorized Shibdas’s purported achievements. Among the predictions she recounted was Tagore’s renunciation of his knighthood. The passage gives no further circumstances of the renunciation; its focus is on the place it occupies in the professor’s record of predictions.

Narrative Context

The reference forms part of Connie’s catalogue of Shibdas’s predictions, alongside forecasts concerning political change, deaths, and personal fates. Tagore’s renunciation is thus presented not as a scene in its own right but as one example supporting the professor’s reputation for prophecy.