Ranga is a conventional South Indian young boy, whose feet are firmly entrenched in the traditional Indian Culture but his head is swayed by the latest acquisition of the English language. Comment with reference to story.
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Ranga is the son of the village accountant who has gone to Bangalore for his higher studies. When he returns to his native village the villagers expected great change in him. But when they came to see him they found that he had not changed much. He was his old polite self who touched his elders' feet while greeting them.
However, when the narrator Shyama asked him about his plans of marriage, he had a set of entirely modern ideas. He said he will not marry a young immature girl. His opinion was that marriages should be between people of the same age. Then only they can understand each other and he sites the example of his friend who married a girl just five years younger and is happy because of that. He also said that one should marry a girl one admires. He was for love marriages and against arranged marriages.
This made Shyama decide that somehow he has to manipulate Ranga into marriage. As a result he arranges an 'accidental meeting' of Ranga with Ratna, a 11 year beautiful girl. As Shaya had expected, the strong traditional background of Ranga made him admire the girl in spite of her young age. Shyama further fuels this attraction with the help of the village astrologer and gets Ranga married to Ratna.
In short, in spite of his modern ideas, which are the result of a city education, Ranga could not change his innate feelings. He imbibes the modern ideas and believes himself to be a modern man. But his readiness to marry Ratna shows that he has not undergone any basic changes because of his modern education.
However, when the narrator Shyama asked him about his plans of marriage, he had a set of entirely modern ideas. He said he will not marry a young immature girl. His opinion was that marriages should be between people of the same age. Then only they can understand each other and he sites the example of his friend who married a girl just five years younger and is happy because of that. He also said that one should marry a girl one admires. He was for love marriages and against arranged marriages.
This made Shyama decide that somehow he has to manipulate Ranga into marriage. As a result he arranges an 'accidental meeting' of Ranga with Ratna, a 11 year beautiful girl. As Shaya had expected, the strong traditional background of Ranga made him admire the girl in spite of her young age. Shyama further fuels this attraction with the help of the village astrologer and gets Ranga married to Ratna.
In short, in spite of his modern ideas, which are the result of a city education, Ranga could not change his innate feelings. He imbibes the modern ideas and believes himself to be a modern man. But his readiness to marry Ratna shows that he has not undergone any basic changes because of his modern education.
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