Ranga’s Marriage
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Questions and Answers
1. How did Ranga and Ratna react at their unexpected encounter?
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How did Ranga and Ratna react when they saw each other? (H.S 16,18)
Ans: When Ranga saw Ratna for the first time she was singing. Ranga was frequently glancing at her. She noticed it and stopped singing. Ranga felt that he was responsible for it and wanted to leave. Ratna lowered her head and finally went inside. Curious Ranga enquired about her.
2. What other topics the narrator speaks that could have been given to the story?
Ans: According to the narrator, the narrative could have been given the names “Ranganatha Vivaha” or “Ranganatha Vijaya”, “Jagannatha Vijaya” or “Girija Kalyana”.
3. Why does the narrator refer to the Black Hole of Calcutta?
Ans: The narrator in the story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’ talks of Ranga’s house as “The Black Hole of Calcutta” because of the large crowd that had gathered to See Ranga when he came home after completing his studies. If all the people had gone inside, the house would have become so crowded as the Black Hole Of Calcutta.
4. How did the villagers welcome Ranga? (H.S 2013)
Ans: The villagers welcomed Ranga with curiosity. When Ranga returned to the village after six months a huge crowd gathered in front of his house to see whether he had changed or not.
5. Why was the narrator impressed with Ranga?
Ans: Ranga noticed the narrator when the crowd had melted away. He came to the narrator and did a namaskara respectfully. Also, he bent low to touch the narrator’s feet.
6. What are the two special productions of Hosahalli?
Ans: The raw mango and the creeper that grows in the water of the village pond area are two special productions of Hosahalli.
7. How did the narrator arrange a meeting between Ranga and Ratna?
Ans: The narrator went to Rama Rao’s house and asked his wife to send Ratna to fetch the buttermilk that he promised to send. When Ratna came, he told her to sit and requested her to sing a song. He then sent for Ranga. While she was singing, Ranga reached the door.
8. What was the narrator’s plan to get Ranga married ? (HS 2011)
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Narrate the events leading the Ranga’s marriage. (H.S 2019)
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Describe the narrator’s ploy to get Ranga married.
Ans: The narrator was determined to get Ranga married. He thought of Rama Rao’s niece, Ratna, would be the perfect bride for him. Next morning, he called Ratna to his place and requested her to sing. He also sent for Ranga,who became enamoured of her when he heard her song. The narrator noticed Ranga’s interest but told him that Ratna had been married a year back. Ranga was visibly disappointed to hear this. In the final stage of his plan, the narrator got hold of the village Shastri and tutored him what to say. As planned, the Shastri pretended to make certain calculations and said that Ranga’s problem had something to do with a girl,whose name was something found in the ocean Kamala, Pachchi, Or Ratna. The narrator made Ranga admit his love for Ratna before he told him that she was not married. In this way, they got married.
9. Comment on the influence of English —the language and the way of life— on Indian life as reflected in the story. What is the narrator’s attitude to English? (H.S 2016,18)
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Comment on the influence of English language on the way of Indian life as reflected in the story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’? (H.S 2020)
Ans: The narrator thinks that the English language and the English way of life have not made any good influence on Indian life. The influence of English language has been reflected with some references in the story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’. The narrator says that most of the people did not know English in the village decades ago but many people speak English now. Now some of them brought in English words while talking in Kannada. The narrator regards it as disgraceful. He illustrates his point of view by giving example. The narrator demonstrates how people anticipated Ranga’s homecoming from Bangalore after completing his studies as well as the enthusiasm at learning that Ranga knew English which was a “Priceless Commodity”. At that time very few people of that village knew English. Even a simple word in English like “change” was not heard of. When Rama Rao’s son used this word even the narrator could not understand.
10. Astrologer’s perceptions are based more on hearsay and conjecture than what they learn from the study of the stars. Comment with reference to the story.
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Describe the role of Shastri in Ranga’s marriage.
Ans: Astrologers perceptions are based more on hearsay and conjecture than what they learn from the study of the stars is effectively brought through the character of shastri in the story. It is said that astrology is a science and all the calculations done in astrology are based on the movement of various celestial bodies in our solar system. However, there are claims that the astrologer’s prediction is based on hearsay and most of these predictions are based upon the information supplied earlier by someone. In the story, ‘Ranga’s Marriage’, Shastri, the astrologer had been briefed and tutored by the narrator about what to say. He did the same. He pretended to do some calculations in front of Ranga and moved his lips. He told Ranga exactly the same thing what the narrator told him. The attitude of Shastri in the story was self explanatory.
11. What kind of a person do you think the narrator is?
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Give a character sketch of the narrator.
Ans: Shyama, the narrator of the story, “Ranga's Marriage” is a person who is too attached to his soil and his village. He is an elderly gentleman and refers to himself as a dark piece of oil cake. He is passionately in love with his village. Therefore, when the story starts, he takes the reader on a tour of his village, Hosahalli, explaining the specialties of it. He does not believe in the English culture. He tells how 10decades ago there was no such culture and how he thinks that the language has changed the atmosphere totally. Moreover, the narrator seems to be a very intelligent, witty and clever person. From his brief talk with Ranga, he realises that Ranga is a perfect groom for Ratna. He then wastes no time and does everything for their marriage to be solemnised. His efforts culminate in a happy ending for which he earns a lot of respect. This is evident when Ranga and Ratna name their son after him.
12. Give a character sketch of Ranga.
Ans: Ranga is a South Indian young boy who relocates to Bangalore to further his career while remaining true to his roots. He has been greatly influenced by the English language and way of life, but he has also preserved his traditional Indian cultural beliefs. He is seen as a generous and compassionate individual by the narrator. Ranga used to believe in love marriage; he wanted to marry the girl of his dreams because she would understand him. Ranga falls in love with Ratna, and the narrator puts him to the test to see if he is faithful to his heart, which he passes. He gives his child the narrator’s name as a middle name. Ranga appears to be a bright and likeable individual.
13. Indian society has moved a long way from the way the marriage is arranged in the story. Discuss.
Ans: In the story, Ranga’s marriage was performed at a time when old values and customs dominated our social scene. It was the narrator who thought that Ranga Would make a good husband for Rama Rao’s niece Ratna. Hence, the initiative came not from the boy or the girl. But now the scenario has changed completely. Now a days, marriages rarely happen at a young age. Though the law has prohibited child marriage, the society too takes into account the consent of both the boy and the girl while arranging marriage. However, these days we see a lot of changes taking place as far as the marriage scenario is concerned in India.
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