Karma Summary | Karma by Khushwant Singh Summary

Karma Summary | Karma by Khushwant Singh Summary

The story is about an anglophile named Sir Mohan Lal. An anglophile is a person who is an admirer of England and the English people. Mr. Lal yearns to leave his Indian origin behind and imitates the English as closely as possible. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Lal waiting for a train. Mr. Lal travels first class, since he considers himself one of English gentry who rides first class. Mrs. Lal is unlike her husband in taste and disposition. She is a traditional Indian woman. She travels in inter - class women's compartment. Mr. and Mrs. Lal share a strained relationship. When the train arrives Mr. and Mrs. Lal board their respective compartments. Two drunken English soldiers get into the compartment with Sir Lal. Sir Lal is ready to treat them with a spirit of camaraderie. But the two soldiers refuse to overlook his Indian origin and treat him in the same way as they would treat a native. Sir Lal pleads his affinity with the English, but the soldiers refuse to recognize him as one of their own countrymen. They throw him out of the train. The story concludes with Mrs. The spitting out from there compartment the red juice from the betel leaf she was chewing.