GUJARAT COMMERCE COLLEGE

1. A Snake in
the Grass
R K Narayan
By
Dr Hardeepsinh R Gohil

2. Intrduction :-
The Story
⊳ A Cyclist informs about the
snake entering inside the
house.
⊳ A mother and her sons
accuse Dasa the servant.
⊳ The trick of catching Cobra
in a water pot.
R K Narayan
 Sahitya Akademy Awardee
 Malgudi
 Swami and Friends, The
Guide, The English Teacher
 A C Benson Medal from
Royal Society of Literature.
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3. Food for thought.
⊳ Situations when we lose our temper in critical
circumstances…
⊳ How do we behave with the person whom we
consider ‘Lesser’ than us?
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4. A Snake.
⊳ Religiously worshipped In India. Seshnaag, Goga
maharaj, Subramanyam etc.
⊳ It threatens the life as well.
⊳ People don’t want what they worship?
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5. The Family of the Woman.
⊳ A Mother and her four sons. A servant name
Das.
⊳ Easy going family. Siesta in the noon.
⊳ A cyclist troubles the calm.
⊳ Informs about the snake and goes away.
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6. The Show Time.
⊳ Neighbours accusing Das as the laziest servant
in the world.
⊳ Das accuses owners for not providing basic
instruments.
⊳ College boy- In America 30,000 people die of
snake bite every year!
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7. The Garden.
⊳ The garden has been mowed to the roots.
⊳ The Arrival of the beggar.
⊳ Religious belief.
⊳ Snake charmer’s boasting.
⊳ Das appears with a water pot covered with a
slab.
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8. Das’s Relief.
⊳ Saved his job with a trick!
⊳ Appearance of the another snake inside veranda
⊳ College-boy’s murmered- he would have
checked the pot.
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9. The Important Message.
⊳
नाभिषेको न संस्कारः भसंहस्य क्रियते वने।
वविमार्जितसत्वस्य स्वयमेव मृगेन्द्रता॥
⊳ Nobody declares a lion as the king of forest by
doing rituals. By sheer might of his own, a lion
achieves the status of lord of animal kingdom.
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