In rangas marriage wht does it mean by "one a neem fruit,the other, other a bittergourd."
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Ranga's Marriage by Masti Venkatesh Iyer is narrated by a concerned inhabitant of Hosahalli, Shyama. Before independence, located in the state of Mysore, Shyama was endowed by the beauty of the place and the people in it. The story is about a boy who receives his education from Bangalore and returns to his village. Son of the accountant, he lived in village Hoshali.
The idiom "One a neem fruit, the other, other a bitter gourd" here refers to the type of girl that ranga wants to marry. He states that he can't marry a girl who has wetness on her face on one side that is who cries and milk stain on the other side that is she is very young. Further, he says that he doesn't want to marry a girl who doesn't even know how to bite a finger and that these situations are bitter.