Two Lady Rams summary by Mulk Raj Anand. (Indian Writing In English).

 

TWO LADY RAMS || INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH || MULK RAJ ANAND

ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF TWO LADY RAMS:

Mulk Ray Anand was an Indian English writer. He was born on 12 December, 1905 in Peshawar, British India. Now Peshawar is part of Pakistan. After completing his graduation in 1924 he moved to England for PhD degree where he came into contact with English writers, Philosophers and Intellectuals. The violent exploitation and personal consequence of India’s uncompromising caste system led Anand to write his first prose easy. His first novel was ‘untouchable’, it was based on the daily life of the lower caste section. Mulk Raj Anand got the title of ‘Charles Dickens’ because of this novel. He died on 28 September, 2004. 

SUMMARY OF TWO LADY RAMS:

The story, Two Lady Ram is about Lalla Jhinda Ram and his two wives. Lalla Jhinda Ram, an ordinary shopkeeper. He married two women, Sukhi and Shakuntala. He was forced to call both of them “Lady Rams” to calm the furious bitterness and high-blow war between his two wives. And the question was of naming his one of the as “Lady Rams”. If he chose one the other one will be creating disaster.

The elder wife of Jhinda Ram, Sukhi cannot give comfort to him and she was unable to perpetuate the race of giving him child. Due to this reason he married Shakuntala. The first wife gave Jhinda Ram a financial puss to his life as she brought a big dowry along with her while the second wife introduced romance in his life.

The colonial regime had conferred the knighthood to jhinda Ram, elevating his social rank thereby to that of the elites, “in recognition of his sundry services to the British Empire.” There was problem arising as both the wives wanted to the title of Lady Ram. The trouble worsened with the news that for conferring Jhinda Ram with the title of Knighthood, there was invitation to attend the Garden party which was to be held the next day at the residence of his Excellency he Governor, specially for the ceremony of investiture of all those dignitaries who had been titles, medals and scrolls of honour.

The invite was for Sri jhinda Ram and Lady Ram that was very big problem for him that whom to take with him. He asked his second wife get dressed in a new sari for the party. This information reached the ear of his first wife and she got so furious and a war started between them. After receiving Skuhi’s abuse and curse, Jhinda decided to put it to an end by dragging the first wife by her hair, to her part of the house.

After ending of the drama Jhinda Ram’s chauffeur witness all the event. Both of the wives appeared in the flashing saris and after all the dressing-up ritual none of them considered having her “prolonged toilet” ruined for the day. Thus Jindal aft into his car with both of his wives for party at the Government House.      

   

The arrival of Two Lady Rams instead of one became a matter of discussing during their reception at government House by “His Excellency and Her Excellency”. The governor’s wife and His Excellency conferred Jhinda Ram with the title of “the Star of the Knight Commander of the Indian Empire”. The story concluded happily on the note from that day onwards Sir Jhinda and the two Lady Rams.