"You may kill a cow even in self defence".Was killing the tigers really an act of self defence , in the story Tiger king by Kalki
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Explanation:
werful kings of the olden times. In order to prove the prophecies of the fortune teller wrong, the king of Pratibandapuram mindlessly kills ninety nine tigers but the hundredth one, the cause of the king’s death escapes his bullet. Ultimately, the king is killed by an inanimate tiger made of wood. Hence, the prophecy turns to be true, despite the king’s efforts to prove it wrong.
Lesson and Explanation
THE Maharaja of Pratibandapuram is the hero of this story. He may be identified as His Highness Jamedar-General, Khiledar-Major, Sata Vyaghra Samhari, Maharajadhiraja Visva Bhuvana Samrat, Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur, M.A.D., A.C.T.C., or C.R.C.K. But this name is often shortened to the Tiger King.
The writer introduces the main character of the story – the king of Pratibandapuram. The king is a hero due to his bravery. He is given a list of titles to emphasize on his greatness. To sum up all the titles in one, the king is called “The Tiger King”. The reason for him being called so shall be revealed in the lesson ahead.
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have come forward to tell you why he came to be known as Tiger King. I have no intention of pretending to advance only to end in a strategic withdrawal. Even the threat of a Stuka bomber will not throw me off track. The Stuka, if it likes, can beat a hasty retreat from my story.
Pretending: behaving so as to make it appear es intelligent questions! Incredible! Rather like the bulletins issued by the war office, than facts.
The chief astrologer was amazed to see a 10- day old baby speak and ask intelligent questions. It was unbelievable for him just like the news which came from the wars. He took off his finger from his nose and looked carefully at the little prince. Then he added that as the tiger king was born in the hour of the bull which was an enemy of the tiger, hence, the tiger king would die due to a tiger.
You may think that crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur was thrown into a quake when he heard the word ‘Tiger’. That was exactly what did not happen. As soon as he heard it pronounced, the crown prince gave a deep growl. Terrifying words emerged from his lips.
‘‘Let tigers beware!’’
The writer says that the reader may feel that the tiger king trembled upon hearing the name of a tiger but actually that did not happen. On the other hand, as soon as the Crown Prince Jung Jang Bahadur heard the name of a tiger he made a deep growing sound and spoke terrifying words. He said that all the tigers should beware.
This account is only a rumour rife in Pratibandapuram. But with hindsight we may conclude it was based on some truth.
Rumour: a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
Rife: widespread, prevalent
Hindsight: to understand an event or situation only after it has happened
Further the writer says that this story is a rumour that was heard by him in Pratibandapuram but if we look at the happenings of the past we could conclude that these rumours were based on true happenings.
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Crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur grew taller and stronger day by day. No other miracle marked his childhood days apart from the event already described.
The Crown Prince Jung Jung Bahadur grew taller and stronger as the days passed by there were no other miracles in his childhood.
The boy drank the milk of an English cow, was brought up by an English nanny, tutored in English by an
Englishman, saw nothing but English films — exactly as the crown princes of all the other Indian states did. When he came of age at twenty, ble of acting independently.
Answer:
The cow is a sacred animal and it must not be killed except in self-defence. For the Tiger King it meant that if a cow can be killed in self-defence, there is no harm in killing a tiger in self-defence.