Karma is a short story made by Khushwant Singh who is one of the best Indian's writers of all time, he invites the readers into a world that describes the intricate world of colonial India and how difficult it was to live in India, when Great Britain overtook their country in 1857 and about the consequence of one's actions during British rule. Most of the narrative takes place at a train station, where it revolves around a man called Sir Mohan Lal and his wife, Lachmi. Sir Mohan Lal is a bit confused about where he belongs, so this short story has a lot of focus on identity and about the so-called caste system, that is in India which is about hierarchy. There are many different things that you meet in this short story, which I am going to take a deeper look at.
The tale primarily takes place at a train station, and on a train, where it provides a picture of the challenges that you face in the Indian colonies. The story takes place over 1 hour and 30 minutes. In the start of the story, it says “Sir Mohan Lal looked at himself in the mirror of a first-class waiting room at the railway station. The mirror was obviously made in India”(Paragraph 1). The way he describes the mirror tells that it isn’t a beautiful mirror which can be a symbol of the decay that Sir Mohan sees around himself. The difference between the zenana compartment and the big fancy waiting room also shows the difference between the social classes in India.
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