Chapter 3 - Ranga's Marriage - by Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
RANGA'S MARRIAGE Summary Writer's opinion about English Ten years ago when the village accountant sent his son Ranga to Bengaluru for studies, the situation in the village was different. People never used to use English words while talking in Kannada, heir mother tongue. But things changed gradually. People started mixing English words with local language. The narrator does not like this change. Ranga's Homecoming Now people are so fond of the foreign language and education that Ranga's homecoming is made a big affair. People crowd his house to see if he has changed. They return home on finding no significant change in him. The narrator is particularly happy to find the boy still quite cultures as he respectfully does "namaskara". The narrator spontaneously blesses him saying "May you get married soon". Ranga's views on marriage But the boy is not ready for marriage, he says. He is of the opinion that one should better...