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Question
The episode has been narrated in a light vein. What social mores does the author seem to ridicule?
Solution
The author has mocked the society and its people who live in false pride of their community or lineage. How a fool who knows not of the practical matters and just to feed their image they go ahead auctioning their actual possessions. And such people are fooled by the smarter ones like Ramanand who bend but do not break. They alter their values according to the need of the situation but do not compromise entirely on their pride. They are the cunning ones who take advantage of fools who are stuffed with their worn-out social status and forsake the present to protect the past. The author has ridiculed such people who weave their fall with their insensibilities.
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