Question

Do you think the characters in the story were speaking to each other in English? If not, in which language were they speaking?

(You can get clues from the names of the persons and the non English words used in the story.)

Answer 1

We don’t think so. It was Hindi they spoke. Many words, such as ‘numberdar,’ ‘tehsildar sahib,’ ‘izzat,’ and ‘pitaji,’ show that to be true. That’s clear from the names of the characters, like ‘Ramlal’ and ‘Bholi.’