This Chapter In Our English Textbooks is a Stain on the Name of Radicalism...

The Story 'Ranga's Marriage' in the book 'Snapshots' of class 11 is a stain on the name of radicalism.

A Revolution In Our Education System.
From a few decades, our education has undergone with a number of changes to a great extent. The mindset of students depends upon their school's ambiance and their education. The education further depends on what is taught and what is taught depends on the content in books. In the recent times many of the NCERT textbooks are being reviewed to eliminate what may be wrong.
The same is the case with Ranga's Marriage.
Ranga's MarriageI'm an eleventh class student and as a matter of fact, this story was taught to us as a part of our english literature syllabus. This chapter is in our Second book 'Snapshots'. Ranga's Marriage is a story written by A Kannad Author Masti Venkatesh Ayangar.
MASTI VENKATESH IYENGAR, The author of RANG.A'S MARRIAGE
But this story to a great extent has challenged the modern social structure of our country. This also raise a question of what is being taught in our school and what is being put in the minds of students.
PlotThe Ranga's Marriage features the story of a young lad Ranga who returns to his village Hosahalli from Bangalore after completing his studies. He's of a strong belief that his wife should be of his age. But the narrator 'Shyama' dislikes the opinion and frames a plan to run an affair between Ranga and his ten year old niece Ratna. CriticismAbsurdityThe story is quite absurd.
Age Old PracticesThis story is talking about age-old practices which are no longer relevant in the present era.
Promoting Child MarriageThe narrator tries to run an affair between Ranga and Ratna although Ranga was of no belief about child marriage. In this way, the writer has tried to portray the radical ideas negatively. He has tried to promote child marriage. Moreover Conservatism is supported.
Useless DescriptionThe story uses extremely diverse description of the village's mangoes, ponds, leaves which is really useless.
UnbelievabilityThe way in which Ratna is described, wearing a grand saree is unbelievable.
Deterioration Of DignityIt is impossible for a full mature adult man to fall in love with a girl of ten. However a man should see other girls as daughters or sisters if younger or mothers if elder. The story crosses it's limits and deteriorates the dignity of human relations. If a person needs to have a good character he mustn't read these sort of stories.
VulgarityIt's extremely vulgar to show a young girl whelping babies.
No Literary SenseEven if all the above stated points are disregarded we must consider that this story isn't even good from the entire literature's point of view.
It's Twenty-first CenturyIt's Twenty-first century man, we don't need these stories for which the term ad absurdium too may feel less, but those which children might love to read. We need good stories.
Why Am I Talking About This?I ain't just writing. This chapter was taught in our class in August 2017. At the very moment my mind was stuck in the same quodlibet about the same maladroit story. At home, I tried to read it but I didn't enjoy it as usual, As the content was really byzantine. The next morning I approached my english teacher and told that I don't mind this chapter socially responsible. She calmly told me that she at some point of time felt the same thing. I decided to raise my voice. I wrote a letter to CBSE, from which reply came to contact NCERT. I further contacted NCERT but no reply arrived.Still what I liked about our english teacher is that she supported my query instead of suppressing it. 
Let's Carry The Movement Forward.Are you a parent, student, educator or any other person? Then you must join hands to carry the movement forward. We must raise our voice so that this chapter could be discarded from the textbooks and a new one be placed in it's place.
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