Think and write a short account of what life in Rameswaram in the 1940s must have been like. (Were people rich or poor? Hard-working or lazy? Hopeful of change, or resistant to it?).
The people of Rameswaram in 1940s were orthodox and tolerant. It is mentioned in the story that every child is born into a specific socio-economic and emotional environment and trained in certain ways by figures of authority. The people of Rameswaram were not ready to allow anybody to instigate their children on the basis of communal intolerance. They were all religious people and did not like to enjoy the luxuries of life. They had pucca houses made of limestone and brick. They used to avoid all inessential comforts and were emotionally attached to the members of their family.