Karma by Van Raeghxjel Y. Monoy

In the short story entitled Karma written by Khushwant Singh, 

at first I don’t like this short story because I don’t understand the story well, but when ma’am Fusilero discussed it with social interaction with us it become one of my favorite short stories next to Incense in the Lab and The Last Rite.

Karma is all about an Indian man named Sir Mohan Lal who went to England to study and learn English and the life and culture of the English people. When he went home to his country India, he discriminates and hates his own country. He is so bossy, boastful and hypocrite man. I think he really didn’t love his wife because he is not proud on her, he doesn’t care about her! He speaks English like an Englishman, the way he dress, the way he move, and do the things done by the English people.

Because of super vain of Sir Mohan Lal, even though he knows how to speak English more than the other English men, even though he uses the common things used by the Englishman, even though the way he dress will be like an Englishman, and knows many general information’s and current issues in the world, still in the eyes of the English people he was still an Indian, which means inferior to them because inferiority and superiority complex also exist this time.

At the end of the story for all the bad things done by Sir Mohan Lal to his own country, fellow people and etc. was hit back to him.  

He became the victim on it, and he experiences so much pain.

The moral lessons of the story for me are never pretend to be someone, just be who you are, because at the end of pretending stage, the truth will still revealed.  Love your own country and nationality, be proud of who you are and never discriminate people. Also love your own wife and treat them right, love is a gift and we should always treasure it. be a responsible and good husband.

I still believe that discrimination nowadays still exists, for me discrimination does not mean 1 race vs the other race or more but also 1 race vs itself. We can’t deny the fact that even us discriminate our own native men in the barrios and mountain side of our country. We should stop laughing at them, instead respect them and understand them. Discrimination exists many hundred years later until now, there should be equality.

I hope someday, somehow discrimination will be vanished and never come back because this can cause great chaos to different races in this world. We are all humans and believe from one God. I say no to discrimination and must stop it! and it should be now!