Chapter: 10
My Mother at Sixty Six
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TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
1. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦেāĻĻāύা āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāĻĻāύা āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°ে?)
Answer:- The poet sees the pale and corpse-like face of her mother. Her old familiar pain or ache returns. Perhaps she has been entertaining their fear since her childhood. This is the fear of decay and death. Time or ageing spares none. They have not spared her mother. They may not spare her too. With ageing, separation and death become un-avoidable.
āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻļেঁāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšāϏāĻĻৃāĻļ āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻিāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻিāύাāĻি āĻŦিāώ āĻŦা āĻŦিāώ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšে। āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϤাāĻ āϏ⧰ুā§°ে āĻĒā§°া āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻāϝ়āĻ āĻŽāύোā§°āĻ্āĻāύ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻে। āĻāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻāϝ়। āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻŦা āĻŦাā§°্āϧāĻ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া āύাāĻ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤাāĻāĻো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিāĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏৈāϤে, āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻীāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি।
2. Why are the young trees described as “sprinting”?
(āĻĄেāĻা āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻিāϝ় "āĻĻৌā§°া" āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে?)
Or
āĻŦা
Why does Kamla Das describe the young trees as sprinting?
(āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻĻাāϏে āĻĄেāĻা āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻĻৌā§°া āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°ে?)
Answer:- It is our common experience. Whenever we travel by a fast –running vehicle, the standing objects appear to be running fast. The appearance of their fast-racing is described as ‘sprinting’. They provide a stark contrast to the passive old lady sitting inside the car.
āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻŽাā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা। āϝেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻŽি āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ āĻāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻŦাāĻšāύāĻāĻāύেā§°ে āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°োঁ, āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§° āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ āĻāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāϝ়। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ-āĻĻৌā§°ā§° āĻāĻŦিā§°্āĻাā§ąāĻ 'āϏ্āĻĒ্ā§°িāĻŖ্āĻিং' āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻŦুāĻĸ়ীāĻā§°াāĻীā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে।
3. Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children “spilling out of their homes”?
(āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻিāϝ় āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি "āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻ" āĻāύিāĻে?)
Answer:- The contrast enhances the poetic effect. The poet’s mother who is sitting beside her is dozing. Her ‘ashen’ face looks lifeless and pale like a corpse. She is an image of ageing, decay and passivity. On the other hand, the children are gay and happy. They are moving out of their homes in large numbers. Here is an image of happiness and spontaneous overflow of life.
āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤাāĻ āĻাāĻŦ্āϝিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°ে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻে āĻোāĻĒāύি āϞৈ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° 'āĻāĻļেāύ' āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āύিāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻļেঁāϤা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে। āϤাāĻ āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦাā§°্āϧāĻ্āϝ, āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি। āĻāύāĻšাāϤে, āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻাāĻŽী āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻী। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āϏংāĻ্āϝাāϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āϏুāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦāϤঃāϏ্āĻĢূā§°্āϤ āĻāĻĒāĻি āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻে।
4. Why has the mother been compared to the “late winter’s moon”?
(āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻিāϝ় "āĻļীāϤ⧰ āĻļেāώ⧰ āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°"ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে?)
Or
āĻŦা
Why does Kamla Das compare her mother to ‘a pale winter’s moon’?
(āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻĻাāϏে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ 'āĻļেঁāϤা āĻļীāϤ⧰ āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°'ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻিāϝ় āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°ে?)
Answer:- The smile used here is apt as well as effective. The poet’s mother at sixty-six. She has shrunk to an ‘ashen’ face resembling a corpse. She has lost the shine and strength of her youth. Similarly, the late winter moon looks hazy, obscure, lacking shine and strength. Hence, the comparison is quite natural and appropriate.
āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšৃāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻো āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°ু āĻাā§°্āϝāĻā§°ী। āĻāώāĻ্āĻি āĻŦāĻā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ। āϤাāĻ āĻāĻা āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে 'āĻāĻļেāύ' āĻŽুāĻāϞৈ āϏংāĻুāĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻে। āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āϝৌā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে। āĻāĻেāĻĻā§°ে, āĻļীāϤāĻাāϞ⧰ āĻļেāώ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°āĻো āĻ
āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ, āĻ
āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ, āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻ
āĻাā§ą āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāϝ়। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে, āϤুāϞāύাāĻো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ।
5. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
Or
(āĻāĻŦিāĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšিā§° āĻŦিāĻাāĻāύ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāϝ়?)
āĻŦা
In the last line of the poem ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’, why does the poet use the word ‘smile’ repeatedly?
'(āĻŽাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĻাā§° āĻāĻ āĻিāĻ্āϏāĻি' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻ
āύ্āϤিāĻŽ āĻļাā§°ীāϤ, āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে 'āĻšাঁāĻšি' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻŦাā§°ে āĻŦাā§°ে āĻিāϝ় āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ে?)
Answer:- The old familiar ache or fear of the childhood returns. It provides a stark contrast to the parting words of assurance and her smiles. The parting words: “See you soon, Amma”, give an assurance of life to an old and weak lady. The mother’s ‘ashen face’ looks like a corpse. Similarly, the poet’s continuous smiling is an attempt to overcome the ache and fear inside her heart and to assure the old lady that they will meet again soon.
āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻিāύাāĻি āĻŦিāώ āĻŦা āĻāϝ় āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšে। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ⧰ āĻŦিāĻাāĻāύ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšিā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻŦিāĻাāĻāύ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°: "āĻāĻŽ্āĻŽা, āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āĻĻেāĻা āĻš'āĻŦ", āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ু āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ। āĻŽাāĻā§° 'āĻāĻļেāύ āĻŽুāĻ' āĻāĻা āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻাāϝাāϝ়। āĻāĻেāĻĻā§°ে, āĻāĻŦিāĻā§°াāĻীā§° āύিā§°āύ্āϤ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻšৈāĻে āϤাāĻā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻŦেāĻĻāύা āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ় āĻĻূā§° āĻā§°াā§° āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻĸ়ীāĻā§°াāĻীāĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĻিāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়াāϏ āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϞāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ।
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Where is the poet going and who is with her?
(āĻāĻŦি āĻ'āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻোāύ āĻāĻে?)
Answer:- The poet is driving from her parent’s home to the Cochin airport. Her mother has come to see her daughter off. She is sitting beside her and dozing with her mouth open. Her face looks pale and lifeless like a dead body. The poet is ‘driving’ but the old lady is ‘dozing’. The poet gives an image of dynamic activity while her mother is a picture of passivity.
āĻāĻŦিāĻā§°াāĻীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒিāϤৃ-āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻোāĻিāύ āĻŦিāĻŽাāύāĻŦāύ্āĻĻā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻে। āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻŽুāĻ āĻāύ āĻুāϞি āĻোāĻĒāύি āĻĻি āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻļেঁāϤা āĻā§°ু āύিāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে। āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে 'āĻাāĻĄ়ী āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻে' āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦুāĻĸ়ীāϝ়ে 'āĻোāĻĒāύি' āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāϤিāĻļীāϞ āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে āĻāύāĻšাāϤে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻ āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻāĻŦি।
2. How does the poet’s mother look like? What kind of images has the poet used to signify her ageing and decay?
Or
(āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻĻেāĻাāϝ়? āĻāĻŦিāĻā§°াāĻীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ু āĻ্āώāϝ়āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāĻŦি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻে?)
āĻŦা
Describe the poetic devices used by Kamala Das in ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’?
(āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻĻাāϏে 'āĻŽাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĻাā§° āĻāĻ āĻিāĻ্āϏāĻি'āϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻাāĻŦ্āϝিāĻ āϏঁāĻুāϞিāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύেāĻি?)
Answer:- The poet’s mother is at sixty-six. She is sitting beside her. The mother is dozing as old people usually do during the journey. She keeps her mouth open. This is also a sign of old age. Her face looks pale and faded like ash. Actually, she is an image of decay and death. Her ‘ashen’ face looks like that of a corpse.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻāώāĻ্āĻি āĻŦāĻā§°। āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻāĻে। āĻŽাāϝ়ে āϝাāϤ্ā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻোāĻĒāύি āĻŽাā§°ে। āϤাāĻ āĻŽুāĻ āĻāύ āĻোāϞা ā§°াāĻে। āĻāĻāĻোāĻ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ⧰ āϞāĻ্āώāĻŖ। āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻļেঁāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽ্āϞাāύ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে, āϤাāĻ āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি। āϤাāĻā§° 'āĻāĻļেāύ' āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻা āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻাāĻৈāĻে।
3. Why does the poet ‘put that thought away’ and looks outside?
(āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻিāϝ় 'āϏেāĻ āĻিāύ্āϤাāĻো āĻঁāϤ⧰াāĻ ā§°াāĻে' āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻাāϝ়?)
Answer:- The poet’s old mother is sitting beside her. She is dozing with her mouth open. Her face looks pale and faded. She looks lifeless like a corpse. Actually, she gives an image of passivity, decay and death. The poet needs a distraction, a change. Hence she looks outside where she gets a picture of life, happiness and activity. There is a starting contrast between the pale old women and the youngsters ‘sprinting’ outside. The young children present a picture of youth and dynamism.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻŽাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻ āĻŽুāĻ āĻāύ āĻুāϞি āĻোāĻĒāύি āϞৈ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻļেঁāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻŽ্āϞাāύ āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে। āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āύিāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻাāĻāĻে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে, āϤাāĻ āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়āϤা, āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻŦিāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤি, āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ। āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤাāĻ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻাāϝ় āϝ'āϤ āϤাāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ, āϏুāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒā§° āĻāĻŦি āĻĒাāϝ়। āĻļেঁāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽāĻšিāϞা āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āϝুā§ąāĻ-āϝুā§ąāϤীāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤা āĻāĻে। āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āϝৌā§ąāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ে।
4. Describe the contrast of the scene inside the car with the activities going on outside. Describe the use of images that the poet employs to strike that contrast.
(āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻāϞি āĻĨāĻা āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤা āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϏেāĻ āĻŦৈāĻĒā§°ীāϤ্āϝ āĻāĻŽাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻāĻŦিāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ।)
Answer:- The contrast enhances the poetic effect. The poet’s mother who is sitting beside her is dozing. Her ‘ashen’ face looks lifeless and pale like a corpse. She is an image of ageing, decay and passivity. On the other hand, the children are gay and happy. They are moving out of their homes in large numbers. Here is an image of happiness and spontaneous overflow of life.
āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤāϤাāĻ āĻাāĻŦ্āϝিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°ে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻে āĻোāĻĒāύি āϞৈ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻā§° 'āĻāĻļেāύ' āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āύিāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻļেঁāϤা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে। āϤাāĻ āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦাā§°্āϧāĻ্āϝ, āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āύিāώ্āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি। āĻāύāĻšাāϤে, āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻাāĻŽী āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻী। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āϏংāĻ্āϝাāϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āϏুāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻŦāϤঃāϏ্āĻĢূā§°্āϤ āĻāĻĒāĻি āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻে।
5. Why does the poet feel her old familiar ache and what is her childhood fear?
Or
What kind of pain does Kamla Das feel in ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’?
Or
What was Kamla Das’ childhood fear?
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻিāϝ় āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻিāύাāĻি āĻŦিāώ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻāϝ় āĻি?)
āĻŦা
(āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻĻাāϏে 'āĻŽাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĻাā§° āĻāĻ āĻিāĻ্āϏāĻি'āϤ āĻেāύে āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦিāώ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°ে?)
āĻŦা
(āĻāĻŽāϞা āĻĻাāϏ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻāϝ় āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer:- The sight of her old mother’s corpse-like face arouses ‘that old familiar ache’ in her heart. Her childhood fear returns. The fear is that with ageing comes decay and death. Ageing and decay are inevitable. No one can avoid them. Perhaps she herself may have to face all these things. This idea is quite painful and frightening to her.
āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŽৃāϤāĻĻেāĻšāϏāĻĻৃāĻļ āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻাāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻā§° āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়āϤ 'āϏেāĻ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻিāύাāĻি āĻŦেāĻĻāύা' āĻাāĻ্ā§°āϤ āĻā§°ে। āϤাāĻā§° āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻāϝ় āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšে। āĻāϝ়āĻো āĻš'āϞ āϝে āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻāĻšে। āĻŦাā§°্āϧāĻ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻ
āύিāĻŦাā§°্āϝ। āĻোāύেāĻ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻā§°াāĻ āĻāϞিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϤাāĻ āύিāĻেāĻ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻāĻ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻো āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻŦেāĻĻāύাāĻĻাāϝ়āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§ąāĻš।
6. What were the poet’s feelings at the airport? How did she hide them?
(āĻŦিāĻŽাāύāĻŦāύ্āĻĻā§°āϤ āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ⧰ āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤি āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ? āϤাāĻ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻ ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ?)
Answer:- The poet experienced two opposite and contrasting feelings at the airport. The ashen and pale face of her mother brought an image of decay and death. But she immediately hid her real feelings from her mother. She composed herself and tried to look normal. She smiled continuously to assure her mother that they would meet again soon.
āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻŦিāĻŽাāύāĻŦāύ্āĻĻā§°āϤ āĻĻুāĻা āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤি āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāĻļেāύ āĻā§°ু āĻļেঁāϤা āĻŽুāĻāĻāύে āĻ্āώāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি āĻāύিāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাāĻ āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤিāĻŦোā§° āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻ ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে ā§°āĻāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻ āĻĻেāĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻেā§°াāĻšে āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϞāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ।
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