Summary for Chapter 5

SUMMARY FOR CHAPTER 5-8 CHAPTER 5 Ramu-bhai, the black sheep of the family who has the bad manners, arrives at Uma¶s house. He comes in and Uma invites him to stay at her family¶s home although her parents seem quite reluctant to do so. Ramu talks to the parents although he is neglected. Uma try to serve Ramu with the best things at their home such as eating Puris during breakfast. One day, he asks Uma to have a dinner with him at a hotel with a bar. He takes Uma to the hotel although her parents do not give their permission. Uma is drunk because Ramu persuades her to drink the shandy. They come back quite late that night and Mama said that Uma is a disgrace to the family. Mira-masi visits again. She has lost her Lord, the familiar brass figure which has been rubbed smooth over the year. She vowed that she will travel to every place and try to find her God. As she is getting older and falls sick, she wants Uma to assist Mira- masi during her visit to the ashram. They stay together but Mira-masi always with her praying while Uma enjoyed her freedom. As she was talking with the aunty, she suddenly cannot breathe. All in the sudden, one of the pilgrims come and save her from choking. One day, Ramu comes to the ashram with Arun to bring Uma back to their house. Ramu and Mira-masi quarrel about Uma, who does not come home for more than a month. At last, Ramu has win the battle and Uma was sent home with Ramu and Ramu. CHAPTER 6 Ramu¶s sister, Anamika, has achieved the right age to get in a marriage. Anamika, who is the blessed one from her family, has all of the contrasting properties of her brother. Anamika is not only pretty, and good, but an outstanding student as well. She won a scholarship to Oxford but she has to put it away because her family wanted her to be married as she was in the age to marry. She has won a husband, who had

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Summary for Chapter 5