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.)

Explanation

No, the characters in the story don.t seem to be talking to each other in English. The story is set in a rural background. Even the parents of Bholi suffer from those social prejudices as are widely prevalent in rural India. For example, Bholi.s mother says, “If girls go to school, who will marry them?” Can you imagine such characters speaking to each other in English? Certainly not. Even the names, ‘Numbardar., Tehsildar’ ‘Bholi., .Laxmi. are typically Hindi names which are usually found in the Hindi heartland.