Ranga’s Marriage
Note-Making
· TITLE JUSTIFICATION
o As Ranga’s
father, a clerk (middle class) reprsntt
o Not
Jagannath’s Victory
o Nor
Girija’s Kalyana
o So no fancy
title
· GLORIFYING VILLAGE CULTURAL-ROOTS
o Neither the
British nor the Indian Educationist Value
o Villagers
like sheep herding
o TREND of
going after trends
o Filling to
Karigadabu is like what HOSAHALLI to
Mysore
o Sourness of
village mangoes can go to Brahmarandhra
o The
doctor’s authentication certificate for the extreme sour quality of the mangoes
o Creepers,
flowers a fest to behold
· VILLAGE HAS A CRAZE FOR ENGLISH
o 10 years
ago hardly ppl could speak in English
o Vlg accountant
sent his son to Bangalore
o Not mixing
of any two langs together
o Rama Rao’s
son asking firewood woman ‘How much should he pay for?’
o ENGLISH- a
priceless comdt
· RANGA’S HOMECOMING
o Ppl rushed to
doorstep to have a look
o Public ancmnt
o B.H. of Culcutta
o Surprised
to see Ranga, as was before 6 months
o Janewara
intact.
· CULTURAL ORTHODOXITY
o Namaskar
o Sticking to
Caste
o Narrator’s
blessings
o Folding
hands, bowing down to feet
o Janewara
· NARRATOR’S SOCIAL SERV.
(RANGA’S MARRIAGE)
o Ranga’s
reluctance
o Furthering
the age of marriage (30-25)
o Fear of
misunderstanding due to huge age-gap
o Whether be
able to talk lovingly e.g. words of love for anger
o Shakuntala ref.
· RANGA’S IDEOLOGY ABOUT MARRIAGE
o A man
should marry a girl he admires.
o Neem and
bitter gourd theory.
o Either
marries to a mature girl or remain bachelor
· City-Girl –Ratna
o Rama’s city
dwelling niece of 11 yrs.
o An Orphan
o Big town dweller, plays Veena &
Harmonium
o Sweet
voiced
o Wearing a
grand saree on Fridays
· RANGA’S LIKING FOR RATNA
o Rich in
culture
o Standing @
distance with lowered head
o Her shyness
o Wanted to
listen to her singing just without pause
o Peeps in to
see Ratna singing
o Ratna’s
abrupt stop- a sign of being cultured
o Like
falling of juicy slicy mango to ground
o Repeatedly
glancing her
o He-Goat
analogy.
· THE HUMOURISTIC APPROACH/LNG OF THE
NARRATOR
o Words do
not match actions in KALIYUGA
o Flea-pestered
dog
o Sourness
reaching to BRAHMARANDHRA
o The poor
cartographers failure to put up the village on the global map
o Hosahalli
to Mysore what filling to Karigadabu
o Nor did
they bring English word in Kannada
o Firewood-seller’s
muttering on not getting the word ‘CHANGE’
o ENGLISH the
priceless commodity
o Ppl’s
gathering like B.H. of Culcutta
o Ranga still
had the same hands, legs, eyes & nose.
o Crowd
melting like a lump of sugar in child’s mouth.
o Standing
still like a pole without joints
o Immature
girl may take words spoken in love like spoken in anger
o Neem and
bitter gourd theory.
o Best quality
mangoes slipping of the ground
o Lion-he
goat analogy
o Ranga’s
face shriveled like a roasted brinjal
o I am like a
piece of oil-cake
o English
custom of naming the child after one you like.
·
PLAYING
WITH PEOPLES BELIEFS
o Fixing with
shashri, favouring of Guru & Shani
o Shashri’s
taking out 2 papers, 2cowries & palmyra leaves.
ABBREVIATIONS
1.
Reprsntt- Representative
2.
Ppl- people
3.
Ancmnt- announcement
4.
Vlg-village
5.
B.H.-Black Hole of Culcutta
6.
Ref-Reference
7.
Yrs- years
8.
&- and
9.
@-at
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