Question

However, I finally did decide to go. I did not have much to carry by way of luggage – just a trunk.

Ours is a hilly terrain, without any motorable roads – and there is no certainty that we are ever going to

have any roads. In any case, while coming home we do not carry bedding. Besides, I had come home

this time round for a special purpose: to get married. My parents had arranged my marriage, according

to the customs of our tribal society. Time flew, and five months into my marriage I realized it. Initially I

thought of extending my leave – even taking unpaid leave. But after some dilly-dallying, I finally decided

against it because marriage had increased my responsibilities and I had got into debt.

On my way home from the bus stop, my trunk had been carried by a porter. The problem now

was we couldn’t find anyone who could help me carry the trunk to the bus stop. At another time of the

year, we would have easily found someone to help me, but now most of the villagers were busy in the

fields. Nobody had time to spare for me. In fact, carrying the trunk should not have been such a worry

for me except that my education had made me shun physical labour. After all, I was a government

officer and the idea of people seeing me carry my own luggage was not at all amusing. Otherwise, for a

young man like me it should not have been an issue to carry a 20-kilo chest on my back.




Now answer the question in three to four sentences


1. I finally did decide to go- what did the narrator want to do first? What did he do finally?


2. Time flew- what did this mean to the narrator? How did he feel in the end?


3. What problem did the narrator face?


4. How did the narrator’s job change his behaviour?


5. Do you think status is more important than values? Explain.​

Answer 1

Ram Mohan Ray

Ram Mohan RayRam Mohan Ray is called the `Father of Modern India' in recognition of his epoch-making social, educational and political reforms.