QUESTION AND ANSWERS
1. Describe Mallaiah's silent wail in the jail. Why did he cry silently?
A: 'Parige' is a story that depicts the injustice meted to harijans by people of the upper castes. Mallaiah, a Vanthu madiga, is wrongly accused by a landlord of stealing parige. He is sentenced to three months in jail. While in jail Mallaiah comes to know that his ailing ,bedridden father had died. His sister had been sent to a neighbouring village by the police patel as bonded labourer. No-one knows her wherabouts now. His house is in a dilapidated condition. Mallaiah us filled with anguish and despair. His body is racked by sobs but he feels scared to cry loudly. The prison guards could object. Moreover he is so used to a lif of oppression that he instinctively tries to suppress his cries.
2.Describe the condition that forced Mallaiah to collect parige late in the night?
A: 'Parige' is a story that depicts the injustice meted to harijans by people of the upper castes. Mallaiah, a vanthu madiga , lives in the village of Khanapuram. He works all day as a messanger and also tries to find additional work as a hired labourer. But what he earns is barely enough to feed his younger sister and his old, bed-ridden father. Often the family would starve. One day Mallaiah returns from work to find that his father's condition is critical. His sister is crying. Mallaiah decides to get something to eat. As he reaches the outskirts of the village he finds that the landlords and hired workers are returning to the village after harvesting the crop. A few leftover stacks of paddy lie on the ground. Mallaiah gathers the parige one by one in the twilight. It is not much. But he is happy that there will be something to eat that night.
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