Ranga’s Marriage Summary In English The story ‘Ranga’s Marriage’ is located in Hosahalli, a village in the former Mysore state, now a part of Karnataka. Ten years ago, the village didn’t have many people who knew English. The village accountant’s son, Ranga was the first one to be sent to Bangalore, to study. A decade ago, the use of English language was not widespread in the narrator’s village. That was why Ranga’s homecoming was a great event. People rushed to his doorstep announcing that Ranga who had gone to Bangalore for his studies had come back. They flocked together to have a look. The narrator, too, went and stood in the courtyard. Seeing so many people there, Ranga came out with a smile on his face. Everybody was surprised to see that Ranga was the same as he had been six months ago, when he had first left the village. Once they realised that Ranga was unchanged physically, the crowd of people slowly disappeared. Only the narrator, Shyama continued to stand there. Aft

  The Address Summary In English This is a moving story of a daughter who goes in search of her mother’s belongings after the War, in Holland. The narrator is the daughter of Mrs S., who died during the war. The narrator went to number 46, Marconi Street to see Mrs Dorling who was an old acquaintance of her mother, and who had removed almost all the belongings of her mother during the war to this place. All this was done with Mrs S’s silent consent as Mrs Dorling wanted to save her things, which they would lose if they had to leave the place. The narrator had seen Mrs Dorling for the first time during the first half of the war. She had come home for a few days and noticed the change in the rooms. She missed various things. Her mother informed her that Mrs Dorling had moved these things to safety and gave her the address 46, Marconi Street. After the war, the narrator visited the address her mother had given her. She remembered Mrs Dorling clearly. She was woman with a broad back

Kathmandu Summary In English Two famous temples in Kathmandu The lesson ‘Kathmandu’ is a description of the two famous temples of that city. One is the Pashupatinath temple. The other is the Baudhnath stupa, the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu. Pashupatinath Temple At Pashupatinath temple, a sign proclaims ‘Entrance for the Hindus only’. There is much crowd and utter confusion. All sorts of animals roam around through the grounds. There are so many people. They are pushing each other to somehow make their way to the Lord. A group of Westerners claims itself to be Hindus. It struggles for permission to come in. But the policeman at the gate is not convinced. Monkeys can be seen fighting. Belief about it and the river The holy Bagmati flows by the side of the temple. It has washer women at its banks. There is a small shrine also on the river bank. It seems that half of the shrine is in the river. The other half out of it. The people believe that the whole of the shrine will