Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceENGLISHSupp. Unit 32 Marks
Question
How was Ranga convinced to marry Ratna?
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Answer
The narrator wanted Ranga to be married to Ratna. When he found that Ranga preferred to remain a-bachelor for some time though he had taken some liking for Ratna he took the help of Shastri, the village astrologer.
He tutored him to manipulate the planetary conditions and convince Ranga that Ratna was the right girl for him to marry. He brought Ranga to Shastri who was ready with his paraphernalia, the cowries and the book of Palmyra for his assistance.
He pretended to calculate the planetary positions according to Ranga’s stars and predicted that the confusion in his life was about a girl whose name had the name of something found in the ocean.
At last Ratna’s name was brought forward. The narrator who had formerly said that Ratna was married went to Rama Rao’s house and brought good news for Ranga. In this way the educated Ranga was fooled to believe that astrology had brought Ratna to him for marriage and he accepted it as the truth of the shastras.
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