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A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path Summary After having fought with her elder sister at their school, a social worker becomes aware that the 15 year-old Sikh Girl Ranjit is intending to leave her home. Apparently, her parents are discontented with the fact that she has been seeing a Pakistani boy. In order to prevent Ranjit from running away from home, the social worker arranges a meeting with the parents. This meeting, however, proves to be futile since the parents believe that the Pakistani boy has put a spell on Ranjit. With the assistance of the community worker Amarjit, also a Sikh, the social worker also discovers that Ranjit’s parents, without her knowledge, have arranged a marriage for her in India which is expected to break the spell. According to the law, the social worker cannot prevent this from happening, but she tries to hint Ranjit what is under way. The social worker is, however, not sure whether she understands the hint, and after a trip to India Ranjit does not return. Nils & Rikke
A Sikh girl’s Bridal Path. Summary: It’s an article written by Madelaine Fullerton. It’s about Ranjit, who is a 15 year old Sikh girl. Ranjit has been in a fight at school, with her older sister, because her older sister had told their parents that Ranjit had been seeing a Pakistan boy. She doesn’t want to go home, so the school called for a social worker. She tells the social worker about the problems at home, and that she doesn’t want to live at home with her parents. The social worker and Ranjit agreed to try to negotiate with her parents. The first negotiation doesn’t go well, because Ranjits parents don’t understand English, and Ranjits older brother translates. They agree to meet again, and the social worker gets permission to bring an interpreter. At the next meeting Ranjit still wants to live away from her parents, but there isn’t anything they can do. The mother tells Amarjit that Ranjit is going to India to get married at the end of the week. Raanjit is absent from school and they go to visit her again, but she isn’t there, her father tells them that Ranjit went to India to get married.
English – Summary of ‘’A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path’’
The article ‘’A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path’’ written by Madeleine Fullerton is about a 15-year old Sikh girl Ranjit, who fought with her older sister at school. She discovered that Ranjit was seeing a Pakistani boy after school. Ranjit wants to leave home because she feels trapped. A social worker is being contacted and she will try to help Ranjit. Ranjit claims that her parents are impossible to compromise with and she was right. After a few dialogs between the parents and the social worker, it is obvious that she is going to India to be married under the pretense of a holiday. The social worker is very sorry for not telling Ranjit to run away from home before the trip. Because of the different cultures the social worker did not act as she would have if it was someone of her own race, who needed help.
A Sikh girl’s Bridal Path. Summary: The short story ”A Sikh Girl´s Bridal Path” which is written by Madeleine Fullerton is about a 15 year old girl called Ranjit. She comes from an orthodox Sikh family. Ranjit is seeing a Pakistani boy which is against her parents will. One day at school she gets into a fight with her sister and later that day she decides that she do not want to go home. A social worker arrives. He convinces her to go home. He has a conversation with her parents about compromising. One day her mother tells the social worker, that Ranjit is going to be married to a man she does not know in India. Ranjit do not know anything about it. She believes that they are going on holiday. The social worker gets into a big dilemma but he decides not to tell Ranjit. They leave for their holiday and Ranjit never comes back to England.
The short story is from the article "New Society", written in 1983, describes a 15-year-old girl, Ranjit. She lives in an orthodox Sikh family in England. The story begins, as Ranjit fights with her sister in the school, because the sister had seen her with a Pakistani boy. The sister told it at home, which resulted in that Ranjit is not allowed to leave the house. Ranjit did not want to live at home anymore, and runs away after an argument with her parents. The parents are not very open to compromise, which appears when the journalist, Madeleine Fullerton, wants to interview them, and they do not allow her to bring an interpreter. Their sons translate instead - but he says his own opinion rather than translate directly. The parents understand Ranjit's anger, but according to them, is marriage the best for their daughter. But Madeleine does not agree - she suggests negotiating with the parents, in which they agree after some time. Later, the mother secretly tells Amarjit, that the family had arranged Ranjit's marriage in India. Next time the author and Amarjit visit the family, they only see the father. He tells them, that they are on a family visit in India.
A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path
SvarSletSummary
After having fought with her elder sister at their school, a social worker becomes aware that the 15 year-old Sikh Girl Ranjit is intending to leave her home. Apparently, her parents are discontented with the fact that she has been seeing a Pakistani boy. In order to prevent Ranjit from running away from home, the social worker arranges a meeting with the parents. This meeting, however, proves to be futile since the parents believe that the Pakistani boy has put a spell on Ranjit. With the assistance of the community worker Amarjit, also a Sikh, the social worker also discovers that Ranjit’s parents, without her knowledge, have arranged a marriage for her in India which is expected to break the spell. According to the law, the social worker cannot prevent this from happening, but she tries to hint Ranjit what is under way. The social worker is, however, not sure whether she understands the hint, and after a trip to India Ranjit does not return.
Nils & Rikke
A Sikh girl’s Bridal Path.
SvarSletSummary:
It’s an article written by Madelaine Fullerton.
It’s about Ranjit, who is a 15 year old Sikh girl. Ranjit has been in a fight at school, with her older sister, because her older sister had told their parents that Ranjit had been seeing a Pakistan boy. She doesn’t want to go home, so the school called for a social worker. She tells the social worker about the problems at home, and that she doesn’t want to live at home with her parents. The social worker and Ranjit agreed to try to negotiate with her parents. The first negotiation doesn’t go well, because Ranjits parents don’t understand English, and Ranjits older brother translates. They agree to meet again, and the social worker gets permission to bring an interpreter. At the next meeting Ranjit still wants to live away from her parents, but there isn’t anything they can do. The mother tells Amarjit that Ranjit is going to India to get married at the end of the week. Raanjit is absent from school and they go to visit her again, but she isn’t there, her father tells them that Ranjit went to India to get married.
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SvarSletEnglish – Summary of ‘’A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path’’
SvarSletThe article ‘’A Sikh Girl’s Bridal Path’’ written by Madeleine Fullerton is about a 15-year old Sikh girl Ranjit, who fought with her older sister at school. She discovered that Ranjit was seeing a Pakistani boy after school.
Ranjit wants to leave home because she feels trapped. A social worker is being contacted and she will try to help Ranjit. Ranjit claims that her parents are impossible to compromise with and she was right. After a few dialogs between the parents and the social worker, it is obvious that she is going to India to be married under the pretense of a holiday. The social worker is very sorry for not telling Ranjit to run away from home before the trip. Because of the different cultures the social worker did not act as she would have if it was someone of her own race, who needed help.
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A Sikh girl’s Bridal Path.
SvarSletSummary:
The short story ”A Sikh Girl´s Bridal Path” which is written by Madeleine Fullerton is about a 15 year old girl called Ranjit. She comes from an orthodox Sikh family. Ranjit is seeing a Pakistani boy which is against her parents will. One day at school she gets into a fight with her sister and later that day she decides that she do not want to go home. A social worker arrives. He convinces her to go home. He has a conversation with her parents about compromising. One day her mother tells the social worker, that Ranjit is going to be married to a man she does not know in India. Ranjit do not know anything about it. She believes that they are going on holiday. The social worker gets into a big dilemma but he decides not to tell Ranjit. They leave for their holiday and Ranjit never comes back to England.
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A Sikh girl’s Bridal Path.
SvarSletSummary:
The short story is from the article "New Society", written in 1983, describes a 15-year-old girl, Ranjit. She lives in an orthodox Sikh family in England. The story begins, as Ranjit fights with her sister in the school, because the sister had seen her with a Pakistani boy. The sister told it at home, which resulted in that Ranjit is not allowed to leave the house. Ranjit did not want to live at home anymore, and runs away after an argument with her parents. The parents are not very open to compromise, which appears when the journalist, Madeleine Fullerton, wants to interview them, and they do not allow her to bring an interpreter. Their sons translate instead - but he says his own opinion rather than translate directly. The parents understand Ranjit's anger, but according to them, is marriage the best for their daughter. But Madeleine does not agree - she suggests negotiating with the parents, in which they agree after some time. Later, the mother secretly tells Amarjit, that the family had arranged Ranjit's marriage in India. Next time the author and Amarjit visit the family, they only see the father. He tells them, that they are on a family visit in India.
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