The Woman on Platform 8
Hi all,
Time now to get a little more active with kruti :) At least for me.. I know Raghav and Nagraj have been pretty busy with the chess workshop.. Need to see how to get that tournament organised.. Last week when I had been there at the slum, the girls challenged me to play a game with them :)
At the same time- I started looking into the movie idea that we had started with sometime back. Guys, ( Shweta specially ) I read an abstract of one of the Ruskin Bond stories - and did I like it ! I am waiting to get my hand on the other Ruskin bond stories -- I am putting up the abstract that I found for this story on wikipedia " The woman on platform 8 "
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Intoduction
The women on platform 8 by Ruskin Bond is a story about love and affection that transcends all barriers if kindship. It is narrated in the first person by a school going boy Arun. All the events are seen from his point of veiw.
The story resolves around Arun's encounter with a stranger - a mysterious women. The womes in white sari treats him like a son. She offers him tea and snacks. She helps him feel comfortable. Her dignity and humanity come in sharp contrast with the vanity and arrogance of Satish's mother. Arun's calling her 'mother' at the time of parting is a sweet gesture of recognisation of a loving relationship.
Summary
Arun is a 12 year old boy. He studies in a boarding school. His parents are confident that he can travel alone. After meeting his parents, he travels by bus and arrives Ambala at about twelve. He sits on the platform no.8 at Ambala station. His train is to leave hours later at midnight. So he continues to watch the changing scene around. Soon he loses intrest in his surroundings. He feels loanly and bored.
Suddenly, Arun hears a soft voice from behind. It is a women in white sari. She looks pale and has dark kind eyes. She wears no jewels. After a brief introduction, she invites Arun for some refreshment at the station dining room. She takes his hand and lead him away. Arun, though shy and suspicious, does not refuse the invitationas he feels it would be too impolite to reject it. The womes orders tea, samosas and jalebies for the boy. The boy eats as much as he can in a polite manner. The woman seems to take a pleasure in watching him eat.
Along with the lady, Arun comes back to platform No.8. Now he opens up and tells her about his school, his friends, his likes and dislikes. He forgets that he is talking to a stranger. The women speaks very little and listens to him intently. Arun's schoolfellow Satish, along with his mother, appears on the platform.
Satish's mother asks Arun if the lady is his mother. Before Arun utters a word by way of explaination, the women comes to his rescue and says that she is his mother. Satish's mother, being very rich, is proud and haughty in behaviour. She says that there are many suspicious characters hanging around. She behaves that one should be very careful of strangers. The women doen not feel embarrassed. She only remarks that Arun can travel alone. Satish's mother looks sternly at Arunand advises him to be careful in absence of his mother, and never talk to strangers. Arun irritates her by contradicting her,I like strangers.
Satish seems to agree with Arun as he grins at him. After some time, the train steams in. Satish and Arun board it. Satish 's mother and the stranger stand on the platform talking to the boys. Of course, it is Satish's mother who does most of the talking. When train starts, Satish says, Good-bye, mother. They wave to each other. Not to be left behind, Arun also utters the farewell words, Good-bye, mother. He continues to gaze at the women until she disappears in the crowd.
Arun calls the stranger 'mother' as he does not want to embarrass her. He does not want to reveal that she is a stranger. He does not like Satish's mother who is suspicious and critical of everything
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Guys, see if you too can read Ruskin bond stories.. It should be fun. Lets get back into action ! Lets Rock !!
PS : Do leave your comments on the abstract .
Time now to get a little more active with kruti :) At least for me.. I know Raghav and Nagraj have been pretty busy with the chess workshop.. Need to see how to get that tournament organised.. Last week when I had been there at the slum, the girls challenged me to play a game with them :)
At the same time- I started looking into the movie idea that we had started with sometime back. Guys, ( Shweta specially ) I read an abstract of one of the Ruskin Bond stories - and did I like it ! I am waiting to get my hand on the other Ruskin bond stories -- I am putting up the abstract that I found for this story on wikipedia " The woman on platform 8 "
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Intoduction
The women on platform 8 by Ruskin Bond is a story about love and affection that transcends all barriers if kindship. It is narrated in the first person by a school going boy Arun. All the events are seen from his point of veiw.
The story resolves around Arun's encounter with a stranger - a mysterious women. The womes in white sari treats him like a son. She offers him tea and snacks. She helps him feel comfortable. Her dignity and humanity come in sharp contrast with the vanity and arrogance of Satish's mother. Arun's calling her 'mother' at the time of parting is a sweet gesture of recognisation of a loving relationship.
Summary
Arun is a 12 year old boy. He studies in a boarding school. His parents are confident that he can travel alone. After meeting his parents, he travels by bus and arrives Ambala at about twelve. He sits on the platform no.8 at Ambala station. His train is to leave hours later at midnight. So he continues to watch the changing scene around. Soon he loses intrest in his surroundings. He feels loanly and bored.
Suddenly, Arun hears a soft voice from behind. It is a women in white sari. She looks pale and has dark kind eyes. She wears no jewels. After a brief introduction, she invites Arun for some refreshment at the station dining room. She takes his hand and lead him away. Arun, though shy and suspicious, does not refuse the invitationas he feels it would be too impolite to reject it. The womes orders tea, samosas and jalebies for the boy. The boy eats as much as he can in a polite manner. The woman seems to take a pleasure in watching him eat.
Along with the lady, Arun comes back to platform No.8. Now he opens up and tells her about his school, his friends, his likes and dislikes. He forgets that he is talking to a stranger. The women speaks very little and listens to him intently. Arun's schoolfellow Satish, along with his mother, appears on the platform.
Satish's mother asks Arun if the lady is his mother. Before Arun utters a word by way of explaination, the women comes to his rescue and says that she is his mother. Satish's mother, being very rich, is proud and haughty in behaviour. She says that there are many suspicious characters hanging around. She behaves that one should be very careful of strangers. The women doen not feel embarrassed. She only remarks that Arun can travel alone. Satish's mother looks sternly at Arunand advises him to be careful in absence of his mother, and never talk to strangers. Arun irritates her by contradicting her,I like strangers.
Satish seems to agree with Arun as he grins at him. After some time, the train steams in. Satish and Arun board it. Satish 's mother and the stranger stand on the platform talking to the boys. Of course, it is Satish's mother who does most of the talking. When train starts, Satish says, Good-bye, mother. They wave to each other. Not to be left behind, Arun also utters the farewell words, Good-bye, mother. He continues to gaze at the women until she disappears in the crowd.
Arun calls the stranger 'mother' as he does not want to embarrass her. He does not want to reveal that she is a stranger. He does not like Satish's mother who is suspicious and critical of everything
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Guys, see if you too can read Ruskin bond stories.. It should be fun. Lets get back into action ! Lets Rock !!
PS : Do leave your comments on the abstract .
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posted by Kruti ... a dream for you and me at 1:07 PM
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