Plot summary - Everything's Arranged

Siew Yue Killingley in Everythings Arranged, tell about a Ceylonese girl named
Rukumani that having secret affair with a Ceylonese boy named Devanayagam
while studying at University. Both of them love each other deeply. As they went for
longs term vacation, their secret affair discovered by their parents. The story tell
about how these young couple, especially Rukumani have struggle and suffer
because of their family members, relatives and their community as they try to get
together in life. Her marriages were arranged against her own wish.The main
characters in this story are Rukumani and Devanayagam. Meanwhile, the other
characters are Johnny Chew, Amy Wong, Mr. Sambanthan, Susheela, Nadarajah,
Rukumanis mother and grandmother, Devanayagams father and Auntie Sally. As
from the story, the setting of the story might be around early stage after our
countrys independence. During that time, love marriages are still alien to Indian
cultural. The typical India Community thought fall in love as a big sin and only
arranged marriage is allowed. The conflict of the story is about the rejection of love
marriages by old generation.

Everything's Arranged & A Question of Dowry

"Everything's Arranged" and "A Question of Dowry" are two short stories about
cultures and traditions of Indian in Malaysia.It is about arranged marriages
practised and the traditions of dowry by the Indian communities.

Indian's people basically follow the arranged marriage traditions, and they consider
it as something honored and great. Dating is prohibited by most families in their
community. In "Everything 's Arranged" by Siew Yue Killingley, the main character is
Rukumani, has fallen in love with a guy named Devanayagam. According to her
parent, falling in love with guy is a big problem to them and can be considered as
ruining the family's dignity. So goes this story and tells us how the poor Rukumani
suffers to hide her love from her parents, how she suffers to get away from the
arranged marriage her parents are planning for her, how she suffers without seeing
her lover Devanayagam and worst of all what happens when she finally tells her
parents about her love.