Ramlall's Strange Courtship And Wedding And Other Stories

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  • Introduction
  • by
  • Gokarran
  • Sukhdeo
  • BS.,
  • MA.Author
  • and
  • Literary
  • AnalystAwarded:
  • Guyana
  • Prize
  • for
  • Literature,
  • 1998.1.The
  • Morning
  • I
  • Played
  • DeadA
  • boy
  • is
  • punished
  • for
  • a
  • misdeed
  • and
  • his
  • attempt
  • to
  • teach
  • his
  • family
  • a
  • lesson
  • backfires.Two
  • boys
  • engage
  • in
  • a
  • game
  • of
  • "follow-me"
  • and
  • one
  • comes
  • out
  • of
  • it
  • much
  • worse
  • off.Aspiring
  • cricketers
  • meet
  • more
  • than
  • their
  • match
  • in
  • a
  • friendly
  • game.A
  • young
  • man
  • cannot
  • accept
  • the
  • fact
  • that
  • he
  • is
  • not
  • as
  • good
  • a
  • shot
  • as
  • he
  • thought.Sam
  • tries
  • to
  • impress
  • a
  • bewildered,
  • young
  • girl
  • with
  • his
  • knowledge
  • of
  • Shakespeare.
  • She's
  • not
  • buying
  • it.A
  • visiting
  • cousin
  • remembers
  • a
  • hunt
  • in
  • the
  • countryside,
  • long
  • after
  • the
  • event.A
  • student
  • is
  • confident
  • in
  • his
  • abilities
  • and
  • cannot
  • accept
  • the
  • thought
  • that
  • he
  • did
  • not
  • pass
  • his
  • exams.A
  • young
  • pupil
  • teacher
  • has
  • his
  • priorities
  • misplaced
  • as
  • he
  • starts
  • the
  • school
  • term.Abel
  • has
  • an
  • enquiring
  • mind
  • and
  • can
  • take
  • things
  • apart
  • easily.
  • That's
  • all
  • he
  • can
  • do
  • at
  • times.Can
  • Ramadhin
  • save
  • his
  • favourite
  • pet
  • rooster
  • when
  • a
  • visitor
  • take
  • things
  • in
  • hand?A
  • Superintendent
  • Of
  • Schools
  • uses
  • his
  • administrative
  • powers
  • to
  • criticize
  • a
  • Pupil
  • Teacher
  • in
  • front
  • of
  • his
  • class.A
  • father
  • tries
  • to
  • get
  • free
  • medical
  • advice
  • and
  • a
  • doctor
  • who
  • dispenses
  • treatment
  • accordingly.What
  • happens
  • when
  • obsession
  • with
  • a
  • foreign
  • language
  • clashes
  • with
  • empty
  • pockets.Mangroo
  • has
  • a
  • terrible
  • cough.
  • He
  • misinterprets
  • the
  • treatment
  • dispensed
  • by
  • Liverpool.A
  • man's
  • mother
  • is
  • fearful
  • of
  • his
  • planned
  • flight
  • to
  • Dominica.
  • Will
  • the
  • plane
  • crash?The
  • title
  • story.
  • Ramlall
  • has
  • an
  • unconventional
  • courtship
  • and
  • on
  • his
  • wedding
  • night
  • defies
  • customs.Dinner
  • does
  • not
  • turn
  • out
  • as
  • planned
  • when
  • three
  • old
  • friends
  • are
  • invited
  • to
  • a
  • soiree.Caffeine
  • withdrawal
  • symptoms
  • when
  • a
  • professor
  • forgets
  • his
  • wallet
  • at
  • home
  • and
  • the
  • payment
  • of
  • a
  • loan
  • is
  • subject
  • to
  • misinterpretation.A
  • stirring
  • tale
  • of
  • how
  • language
  • can
  • be
  • distorted
  • by
  • the
  • absence
  • of
  • a
  • simple
  • comma
  • placed
  • strategically
  • in
  • a
  • sentence.An
  • ambitious
  • student
  • is
  • guided
  • along
  • in
  • his
  • studies
  • by
  • a
  • seasoned professor.
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