Why is there no mention of hosahalli in any geography book?
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The excerpt for the question has been taken from the story “Ranga’s Marriage”, written by Masti Venkatesh Iyengar.
Hosahalli is a village in Karnataka, located in the former Mysore state.
The author in the story describes Hosahalli as a beautiful place with its mangoes as its main attractions.
However, he is upset that the Indian cartographer (map-maker) and the British cartographer did not mark Hosahalli in the map, when it was made years ago.
Thus, it was not mentioned in any geography book either. He gives a reason that the Sahibs in England were probably not aware that such a place existed in India.
There is no mention of Hosahalli village in geography books because English sahibs had no idea that such a place exists in India. Eventually, our own Indian geographers also forgot to mention it. When both sahibs and geographers forgot to mention the place on a map, it is vain to even think that cartographer would remember it.