Margayya tries his best to educate Balu, his affectionate son. When Balu is admitted to the Town Elementary School, Margayya makes an occasion of it. The description of the procession is given in these words by the novelist:
“…….the traffic was held up for half an hour when Balu’s procession passed. Balu sat, in the car, the top of his head shaved, with diamond sparkling on his ear lobes and Rose garland round his neck, with four of his thickest friends sitting by his side. Margayya walked in front of the car and he invited a few citizens to go along with him in the procession.” (The Financial Expert, p.105)
This reveals Margayya’s ambition as an Indian father to provide good education to his child for his bright future. And this also shows his lavishness for such an occasion which will be considered as a casual ceremony.
When Balu comes home after his escape for the first time he is shocked to
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These tales from the Hindu mythology, the teachings of The Bhagavadgita, and the austere religious practices and beliefs their ordained add Indianness to the fictional art of R.K. Narayan. Margayya requests the priest, “I want to acquire wealth. Can you show me a way? I will do anything you suggest”. (p.36) This attitude of Margayya is a fine example of the human tendency of becoming desperate to realize one’s ambitions, often overlooking the adverse effects in pursuing them. At last as Indian philosophy is considered, Narayan tries to reconstruct the often observed pattern in reality that material assets are of no use. If the basic integrity and sympathy are lost, if one’s attitude is gaining riches is selfish and singular. This suggests the eternal truth that the will and destiny of an individual are inextricable. It is the individual, whether it is Malgudi or any part of India, who is ultimately responsible for his fate and that, is the case of
Marusa is a very attractive lady, “Marusa, who was extraordinarily pretty with her dark curls, sparkling brown eyes and tiny figure.” Although, she presents herself as very manipulative and a control freak. She tries to command everything that Peter does and if she does not get her way she will cry until she does, “Your mother and mine won’t like it,” he said in a mild, hesitant voice. ‘Whose wedding is it anyway?
In this paper, I will be explaining how Siddhartha had arrived at the Four Noble Truths. The first paragraph contains how Siddhartha’s life was full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. The second paragraph will be the cause of suffering is the desire for things that are really illusions in Siddhartha’s life. Following, in the third paragraph I will be explaining how the only way to cure suffering is to overcome desire. Finally, I will be explaining that the only way to overcome desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
“The dowry promised me was 600 florins. I went to dine with her that evening… The Saturday after Easter… I gave her the ring and then on Sunday evening, March 30, she came to live in our house simple and without ceremony.”
Nirvana for Sale by Rachelle M. Scott is an anthropological investigation into the intersection of wealth and piety in Thailand Theravada Buddhism. Through ethnographic methods, the book seeks to describe this relationship in a historically situated context. Thus, the book is concerned with cultural praxis within the context of religious discourses about wealth and piety.
In the story “Mrile” it is evident that an ideal citizen of Chaga society must do life- sustaining chores for God. Mrile assists various people with their work in order to meet with God. Once he masters each task, which have sustained Chaga society for generations, he will have reached God. Mrile’s transition to an ideal citizen is presented by three stages: separation, ordeal, and reincorporation. Mrile experiences many events that led to becoming part of civilization and reach adulthood.
Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things is a novel about how people’s pursuit of their own interests, influenced by the cultural and social contexts in which they live, ultimately determines their behavior. Through utilizing subthemes of self-preservation, the maintenance of social status/the status quo, and power, she portrays Velutha as the only wholly moral character in the story, who, because of his goodness, becomes the target of frequent deception. Roy argues that human nature is such that human beings will do whatever they feel is necessary to serve their own self-interests.
The composer has aimed this text for general reading by all people over the age of ten. However as this publication is the young reader’s edition, it is targeted at young readers. People who may wish to read the book may be able to attain it through mediums such as book stores and libraries etc. Although this publication of the novel is the young reader’s edition, there is a publication aimed at adults.
The author demonstrates how one can lose sight in life and become corrupt through focusing only on wealth, supremacy and materialistic possessions
Speaking on Wealth, Lady Philosophy says, “wealth cannot make a man free of want and self-sufficient, though this was the very promise we saw it offering” (83). Moreover, Philosophy points out that the gathering of wealth does not stop people from taking that wealth away (83). Indeed, by its very nature, wealth seems contradictory. If we collect wealth, we believe we will be self-sufficient and free of want, so we hoard it; But “being miserly always makes men hated” (65). In its acquisition, wealth takes away from others, as it is a limited thing, and only brings hatred and paranoia to those who gather it. “[I]t is only when money is transferred to others in the exercise of liberality and ceases to be possessed that it becomes valuable” (65). The acquisition of wealth, then, is folly and can never grant true happiness.
The Hindu wedding is a complex ceremony whose various components has all a specific meaning and has all a relation to
It is observed that even the spiritual heritage of India has lost its glory in Jhabvala’s world of fictional India because the spiritual and aesthetic seekers also face traumatic experiences. No doubts since antiquity the Indian spiritualism has been shining far above the philosophic deliberations of the
The late Irish poet Oscar Wilde once stated, "In the world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” This quote accurately describes human nature to the extent that man is never fully satisfied with his current possessions. In fact, most people who rely on materialistic items for happiness are typically desolated and miserable. This story is based on an archaic view on women, where women have no caste or hierarchy. The people grade women based off their looks and beauty. Money “practically makes nobility” (Shmoop). It “enables the user to pay for the high life” (Shmoop) and confine the person with luxurious items known to man. Money controls the life of people, rather than vise versa, causing greed. Malthide, who is the wife of a minor clerk, has immense greed to live a sumptuous life. Malthide’s greed led to her destruction and turmoil, however her grief is what taught her an everlasting lesson.
Rama demonstrates how one should behave within the hierarchy of one’s family. He is unconditionally loyal to his father to the point that he no qualms over remaining in exile for fourteen years in order to preserve the sanctity of his father’s word, thus protecting his father from “damming himself in this and other worlds” (Narayan 45). Protecting the value of his father’s promise takes precedent over Rama’s other duties as a son, like, for example, partaking in his father’s funeral
Years after their marriages fall apart through polygamy and feelings of betrayal, when Modou experiences an unexpected heart attack and is unable to be saved, Ramatoulaye decides to write letters to Aissatou who is now in the United States with her four sons. In these letters, she talks about their memories together before they were separated from one another as well as providing Aissatou with news about her current life. She first writes about Modou’s death and the forty day funeral of her late husband, but soon moves on to their lives as being married women. Keeping the main idea of the story in mind, Bâ has her talk about their marriages, starting with Aissatou. Ramatoulaye recalls how Mawdo and Aissatou were madly in love but their marriage was never accepted by the groom’s family as she was “a goldsmith’s daughter” while he was a nobleman (Bâ, 2008, p. 17). Therefore, Mawdo’s mother did everything in her power to separate the two, one of which included marrying him off to her brother’s daughter, Young Nabou, meaning that Aissatou would have “a co-wife” (Bâ, 2008, p. 31). This forced Aissatou to leave him as she did not want this lifestyle. Three years after this incident, Modou married Binetou, their daughter’s best friend without Ramatoulaye having any knowledge of it, yet choosing to stay with Modou as a
In the play “THE LION AND THE JEWEL” we can see the ignorant atmosphere of the people in the village of “ILUJINLE” in such village we can saw a “CUNNING WOMAN SIDI” who wanted to attract many men but wanted a husband of royal status who would pay a bride-price for her let as see about it and getting a cunning “RESPONSE FOR SIDI’S CUNNING WISH”.