He just ordered her about in anglicised Hindustani
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The title of the short story – “Karma” – suggests that Khushwant Singh’s story will deal with the idea of karma, a spiritual concept that is typically used to suggest that one’s present actions influence one’s future life.
In the story, we see an Indian man named Mohan Lal who models his behaviour and appearance according to English culture: “In his five years abroad, Sir Mohan had acquired the manners and attitudes of the upper classes. He rarely spoke Hindustani” .
Mohan Lal seems to despise India – “ ‘You are so very much like everything else in this country, inefficient, dirty, indifferent’ ”. He is also arrogant towards other, less educated Indians, including his wife Lachmi: “Her husband never had any time to spare for her. (…) He did not like her poor illiterate relatives hanging about his bungalow (…) He just ordered her about in anglicised Hindustani.”