Ramana, Prasanth and Shyamala were studying in “Kamakoti Vidyalaya College, B.A .English Literature, final year. And Mr Sivasankar was one of the partners of this reputed college.
It’s Friday.
The first hour was English Prose and English Professor Ms.Swathi was taking class. She began to read the English book in her own style.
“In the present, “The Mark of Vishnu by Kushwant Singh, the author pinpoints how ignorant and superstitious the people believe that all life is sacred. Ganga Ram is such a Brahmin who holds the belief that all living creatures, however dangerous, cruel, poisonous they may be should not be killed. But such a blind belief, the offspring of ignorance and illiteracy often prove catastrophic. It’s a strange irony of fate that the sane Kala Nag whom Ganga Ram feeds with milk daily worships and holds sacred bits him and ends his life. Thus the author has hit hard at the unfounded superstition and blind faith.”
After reading the first paragraph, she paused.
The whole class raised their heads from the books and looked at her.
Can any one of you substitute the word, ‘superstition” by another word?” Swathi asked them.