The Telegram On The Table || Four Levels of Interpretation || Flax Golden Tales

Flax Golden Tales, The Telegram On The Table

Level: B.A/ B.B.S || Lesson 45 The Telegram On The Table (Parashu Pradhan, Nepal 1943)

Words Meaning

Multifarious = many

Flagging = declining

Dawn = early morning

Menial = unskilled

Convention = tradition

Nonetheless = in spite of

Amentias = facilities

Mundane = ordinary

Immerse = absorb

Rinse = wash

Elicit = come out

Summary

In this story, Krishna is the main character. He lives in the city. He has worked as a tourist for ten years. As a tourist guide he spent time with the tourists. He felt happy telling them about different places of interest. He had dream of going to America with a tourist girl. Once the telegram arrived. It said that his wife had died. He felt very happy because his dream of going abroad to be fulfilled. His wife’s death and his friend’s sympathy didn’t touch him.

Suddenly one night he couldn’t sleep. He remembered his village, his friends and family members because he hadn’t been to his village for a long time. He became angry and tore the telegram and wept bitterly remembering his village.

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Four Levels of Interpretation

Literal Comprehension

In this story, Krishna is the main character. He lives in the city. He has worked as a tourist for ten years. As a tourist guide he spent time with the tourists. He felt happy telling them about different places of interest. He had dream of going to America with a tourist girl. Once the telegram arrived. It said that his wife had died. He felt very happy because his dream of going abroad to be fulfilled. His wife’s death and his friend’s sympathy didn’t touch him.

Suddenly one night he couldn’t sleep. He remembered his village, his friends and family members because he hadn’t been to his village for a long time. He became angry and tore the telegram and wept bitterly remembering his village.

Interpretation

This story tries to show the life of modern youth. Modern youths enjoy city life and forget their birth place, friends and their own family members. They dream for unusual things and feel sadness when they get failure in getting success and lament for their wrong doing in their youth. The writer wants to convey that we shouldn’t forget our birthplace. One should have love and affection towards one’s birth place.

Critical Thinking

To some extent, I completely agree with the writer because nowadays young boys and girls prefer to lice in towns and get married there with fashionable girls. They try to forget family members like Krishna but I don’t agree with the write when he says that Krishna didn’t receive the phone when was phone for him on the table. Can a husband feel happy when his wife dies? How can a person forget his birthplace?

Assimilation

When I read this story, I remembered the real event that took place in my own village. One of my village friend, Hemant joined the police force and became police. After he became police, he got married with a girl in the city and settled there. He never visits his old parents in the village. When I meet his parents they weep bitterly touching my chin. They always request me to call him back home but when I talk with Hemant he doesn’t care then I feel sorry for his parents.

Possible Questions

  1. What is the central theme of the story, “The Telegram On The Table”. Discuss.

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