The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 6 Quiz
Summary of The Vendor of Sweets : Chapter 6
In Chapter 6, Jagan is busy at his sweet shop when his cousin comes to chat. The cousin wants to talk about Mali, Jaganโs son, but Jagan avoids it at first. He complains that other shopkeepers raise prices and have no โsense of service,โ while he believes money is not everything. Later, the cousin tells Jagan about Maliโs plan to make story-writing machines to change Indiaโs old-fashioned publishing. Jagan is confused and asks Mali about it. Mali, who has come back from America with his wife Grace, explains the machine proudly, saying it will write stories using buttons and knobs. He wants to sell it in India and asks Jagan for $51,000 (about two lakhs rupees) to start the business. Jagan doesnโt like this idea because he thinks money is โevilโ and only keeps his shop to help his workers.
Mali and Grace keep pushing Jagan to invest, but he feels trapped. One day, he finds out Mali has put his name on the business prospectus without asking him, which makes him angry. Instead of fighting, Jagan decides to use โnon-violent non-cooperation,โ like Gandhi taught, and avoids Mali and Grace. Meanwhile, he meets a homeless man who is kinder to him than Mali. At the shop, Jagan lowers his sweet prices and gives free sweets to poor children, showing he cares more about helping people than making money. Mali refuses to take over the sweet shop, saying he has bigger dreams. Jagan feels stuck between his simple life and Maliโs modern plans.
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Jagan tells his cousin that other shopkeepers have no โsense of serviceโ because they only want profit.ย ย
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Mali wants to make story-writing machines to bring new ideas to Indiaโs publishing.ย ย
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Jagan feels sad when poor children stare at his sweets through the shop window.ย ย
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Mali shows Jagan a machine like a radio cabinet that can write stories with knobs and buttons.ย ย
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Grace says Mali is very smart, but Jagan is not sure about their big plans.ย ย
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Mali thinks Indiaโs old stories like Ramayana are backward and need modern machines.ย ย
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Mali asks Jagan for $51,000 to start his business, which is two lakhs rupees.ย ย
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Jagan says โmoney is an evilโ and he runs his shop only for his workers.ย ย
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Jagan avoids Mali and Grace because they keep asking him for money.ย ย
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A homeless man talks kindly to Jagan, while Mali is too busy with his dreams.ย ย
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Jagan gets upset when he sees his name on Maliโs business prospectus without permission.ย ย
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Jagan uses โnon-violent non-cooperationโ to stay away from Mali and Graceโs pressure.ย ย
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Grace wears a jasmine flower and acts like a Hindu wife, but Jagan doubts her.ย ย
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Mali says no to running the sweet shop because he wants to do something big.ย ย
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Jagan lowers sweet prices and gives free packets to kids, choosing service over money.ย ย
The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 6 Quiz
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