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Raju’s Father
An uneducated, traditional woman, Raju’s mother is a devoted wife and mother, who barely leaves the immediate vicinity of the house that her husband has built in Malgudi. Although she seems to be a meek, pliant woman, she is in fact strong-willed. She frequently butts heads with her son, particularly after he ruins the railway shop business that her husband had built before his death. She also rebels against the presence of Rosie in her house when Raju invites her to live with him and his mother. Clinging fast to her principles relating to caste and family honor to the last, Raju’s mother goes so far as to leave her own house with her brother in order to protest her son’s disgrace.
Raju’s Mother Quotes in The Guide
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Chapter 3
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One fine day, beyond the tamarind tree the station building was ready. The steel tracks gleamed in the sun; the signal posts stood with their red and green stripes and their colorful lamps; and our world was neatly divided into this side of the railway line and that side.
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Chapter 8
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“You are not of our family? Are you of our clan?” He again waited for her to answer and answered himself. “No. Are you of our caste? No. Our class? No. Do we know you? No. Do you belong to this house? No. In that case, why are you here? After all, you are a dancing girl. We do not admit them in our families. Understand?”
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Raju’s Mother Quotes in The Guide
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Chapter 3
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One fine day, beyond the tamarind tree the station building was ready. The steel tracks gleamed in the sun; the signal posts stood with their red and green stripes and their colorful lamps; and our world was neatly divided into this side of the railway line and that side.
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Chapter 8
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“You are not of our family? Are you of our clan?” He again waited for her to answer and answered himself. “No. Are you of our caste? No. Our class? No. Do we know you? No. Do you belong to this house? No. In that case, why are you here? After all, you are a dancing girl. We do not admit them in our families. Understand?”
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