The Ancient Olympics had lots of rules and regulations such as..    

.     Women were not allowed to compete.  

.     Only free men (not slaves), that could speak Greek were allowed to compete.    

Once you enter you cannot leave the Olympics.              

No one can start earlier and other competitors; if they do they would get beaten or disqualified.

In general, if people disobeyed the Olympic rules then they would have to pay a fine and the money would help build statues of Zeus or they’d get whipped.

If married women were found watching the Olympics, they would be thrown off Mountain Typaion, Pausanias record.  

Wrestlers were not allowed to use oil because it would protect their skin from dirt and sun light. For example, if someone grabbed an opponent’s arm with oil on it, it would be hard for the wrestler to hold on, therefore it is an advantage to the opponent and harder for the wrestler to grab on.                                                                                              

The author’s grandmother “accepted her seclusion with resignation” means she accepted her loneliness without any complains. She spent her days of loneliness by engaging herself in the wheel-spinning activity, reciting prayers and feeding the sparrows.

No, we should not promote child marriage because it is a crime. In this age they should get proper education, which is also our birth right.they are also listed in fundamental rights to give proper education to all the children in age group of 11-14.

Certainly ‘Ranga’s Marriage’ doesn’t present the changing face of the Indian village. No doubt, many Indian villages still share many superstitions and practices. But the scenario is changing fast. Hence, many incidents in the story seem to be exaggerated or outdated. It is true that many of the villagers still don’t have good understanding of English. Today if an educated youngman returns from a big city, people don’t rush to have a look of him. The homecoming of Ranga was a great event for the people of Hosahalli. But today it may be no news at all. Many youngmen go to the big towns and cities for higher education. These days English words like ‘change’ are quite common and the people don’t have any difficulty in understanding them.

Ratna of the story is a pretty girl. She is from a big town and knows how to play the veena and harmonium. But she is just eleven ! Who can even imagine to marry off a girl of eleven today? But the narrator thinks her to be the most suitable bride for Ranga. Today child marriages have been banned by the law. Even in the villages the marriage of a girl of eleven appears to be an exception rather than a rule.

It is true that even today villagers believe in astrologers like Shastri. ‘Arranged marriages’ are still very common. But not many village girls run inside overcome by shyness after seeing a stranger today. Things are changing fast but the story doesn’t present the changing face of the Indian village.

The narrator in “Ranga’s Marriage” was Shyama. He was an old man who was full of forthrightness and had great sense of humor. Shyama believed in all the traditional things. He was intelligent as well as a great manipulator. He manipulated Ranga for going into an arrange marriage with a girl called Ratna who was of only eleven years. Initially Ranga had thought not to marry a very young girl. However, Shyama makes the plan and Ranga also fell into his trap. He helped Ranga and Ratna get united after Ranga fell in love with her against his own will and notion. The narrator did it because he loved both of them. He was thus a helpful and good hearted person. 

Shyama took Ranga to the astrologer as he wanted him to get him to get married to Ratna. Accordingly, he took Ranga to the astrologer whom he had already tutored. The outcome was that the astrologer succeeded in arousing Ranga’s interest in Ratna.
 

The narrator was impressed by Rangappa’s character. He liked the way Ranga touched his feet to receive blessings and did a ‘namaskara’. He blessed Ranga that he might get married soon. But the narrator was distressed. The boy who he thought would make a good husband, had decided to remain a bachelor. The narrator made up his mind to get him married.

The narrator arranged a meeting of Ratna and Ranga at one place. Ratna was a pretty niece of Rama Rao. She was from a big town and knew how to play the veena and harmonium. She was a good singer too. The girl was quite free with the narrator. One day while she was singing the narrator sent for Ranga. Ranga stood at the threshold listening to the song. He peeped inside to see her. He developed a silent liking for the girl. He only pretended to hide his real feelings. He was pained when the narrator told a lie that she was married a year ago.

The narrator was a good judge of men, matters and situations. He knew how to create a favourable situation. He convinced Ranga to accompany him to Shastri. He tutored Shastri to influence Ranga’s decision. Shastri revealed that a girl was the cause of Ranga’s all worries. She could be Kamla or Ratna. Very cleverly the narrator asked Shastri if there was any chance of their negotiations being fruitful. Shastri replied “definitely”. In this way, the narrator was successful in bringing them together and making them life-partners.

Shyama took Ranga to the astrologer as he wanted him to get him to get married to Ratna. Accordingly, he took Ranga to the astrologer whom he had already tutored. The outcome was that the astrologer succeeded in arousing Ranga’s interest in Ratna.
 

There was a very less number of people with the knowledge of the language in the narrator's village and his community was highly influenced by the language. Hence, English was considered as a priceless commodity in those days.

The narrator calls English a ‘priceless commodity’. But it was not so widespread in Hosahalli. The craze of the people to see Ranga when he returned from Bangalore proves this point. They had a great respect for a person who knew English. Rama Rao told the woman selling firewood that he had no ‘change’. She couldn’t understand the meaning of even such a simple English word.

There is no mention of Hosahalli village in geography books because English sahibs had no idea that such a place exists in India. Eventually, our own Indian geographers also forgot to mention it. When both sahibs and geographers forgot to mention the place on a map, it is vain to even think that cartographer would remember it.

Everyone was in awe because Ranga had returned to village after six months. Ranga's homecoming was a great event as he was the first person from his village to go to Bangalore to study. When he returned after six months, every villager rushed to his house to have a look at him. As Ranga returned from the city of Bangalore, many people of his village came to see him as he was the first to go outside the village for higher education.

The narrator refers to Ranga's courtyard as the Black Hole of Calcutta because the teeming masses had congested that small space into a similar sort of structure where more and more people seemed to be swallowed up as they went in. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in the old Fort of William of Calcutta where British prisoners of war were held captive by the nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah. The inhabitants had to live in close quarters, crammed together in a small space. The situation was similar in Ranga's courtyard which had witnessed a huge turnout due to the arrival of the accountant's son from the city.

Ranga was the son of the village accountant. the accountant was brave enough to be the first to send his son to the city for learning English. Ranga's homecoming became a great event because the villagers were curious to see whether he had changed after staying in the city. They wanted to see if he was still following all the rituals and traditions. Once they realised that Ranga had not changed, the crowd of people slowly disappeared.

Aram and Mourad have stolen the house and want to hide it in their cousin’s place.

They also want to keep it away from the eyes of its actual owner and people in their locality.

Finally, Mourad has found the best place to keep the horse, i.e. in the deserted vineyard.

He pulled the horse inside and tied it snugly.

If he is caught that he has stolen the horse, it would be a bad name for his family and their family lose the honesty and integrity.

the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate.

The taxonomic hierarchy is a systematic framework in classification in which taxonomic groups are arranged in definite order, from higher to lower categories. Each category is considered as a taxonomic unit and represents a Taxon.
Classification of Mango
Kingdom - Plantae
Division - Angiospermae
Class -Dicotyledonae
Order - Sapindales
Family - Anacardiaceae
Genus - Mangifera
Species - indica