Sekhar decides that he will tell the absolute truth for one full day. No matter what trials are presented to him, he must remain completely honest with anyone he encounters. He says the truth is like the sun because you can't see either "without blinking or being dazed," meaning, he knows the truth can be disorienting just like the bright sun on a hot day. But Sekhar feels this is a good practice to try at least once a year. However, once he begins this journey, he realizes this activity causes him and the people he encounters pain and anger.

It seems he calls this experiment "a secret pact between him and eternity" because he will never tell anyone about his day of truth-telling. He's sworn to himself and the universe that he will tell the truth for one full day, and he won't reveal this plan to anyone. The word eternity suggests he will take this day with him to the grave.

Sekhar has put himself in a messy situation. He upsets his wife, he upsets his colleagues, and finally, he upsets his boss. What else is there for him to do? If he admits an even larger truth about telling the truth, he now looks like he's been lying all of his life, but really, those "lies" were made to "[temper the] truth so that it might not shock." It seems Sekhar was trying to travel down a virtuous path of honesty, but this experience makes him realize that absolute honesty means losing friends and possibly losing one's place in society.