How did Selvi react when she came to know the news of her mother’s death? / What changes came to Selvi when she came to know the news of her mother’s death?

 For a concert, Selvi came Kolkata and got the news of her mother’s death. She got so much shocked that immediately she refused to come out of her room in the hotel and wanted all her engagement cancelled. Mohan never saw such image of Selvi before and so he did not venture to cajole her. Even while returning by train, Selvi did not utter a single word and did not listen to any words of Mohan. She just kept looking out of the window of the train during whole train journey. After reaching, immediately she came to her mother’s house and began to ignore Mohan. She silently began to revolt against her husband who just treated her as an automaton before. She decided to stay her mother’s house permanently though Mohan requested her several times.