Chapter: 14
ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āώ্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄ
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1. The city folk who drove through the countryside hardly paid any heed to the roadside stand or to the people who ran it. If at all they did, it was to complain. Which lines bring this out? What was their complaint about?
(āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝāĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে āĻাāĻĄ়ী āĻāϞাāĻ āϝোā§ąা āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āώ্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻŦা āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻোāύো āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āύাāĻিāϞ। āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļাā§°িāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāĻে? āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer:- “The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead, or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts at having the landscape marred with the artless paint of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong” According to the city folk, these stalls with inartistic signboards blemish the scenic beauty of the landscape.
"āĻĒাāϞিāĻļ āĻā§°া āĻ্ā§°েāĻĢিāĻāĻো āĻāĻāϞৈ āĻŽāύ ā§°āĻাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, āĻŦা āϝāĻĻি āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাāϝ়, āϤেāύেāĻš'āϞে āĻāύ āĻুāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻ āĻুāϞ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻিāĻš্āύ⧰ āĻāϞাāĻšীāύ ā§°āĻেā§°ে āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻĒāĻāĻো āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্ā§°āϏ্āϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে" āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŽāϤে, āĻ āĻļৈāϞ্āĻĒিāĻ āĻাāĻāύāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻĨāĻা āĻāĻ āώ্āĻāϞāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻĒāĻā§° āĻŽāύোā§°āĻŽ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝāĻ āĻāϞāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°ে।
2. What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āώ্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Answer:- The rural folks pleaded pathetically for some customers to stop by and buy some of their goods. City folks used to pass by on this road and hence the rural folk set up the roadside stand to attract their attention and sell their goods.
āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী ā§°āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āĻ্ā§°āϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ুāĻŖāĻাā§ąে āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻ ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāϤ āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽāύোāϝোāĻ āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āώ্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
3. The government and other social service agencies appear to help the poor rural people, but actually do them no good. Pick out the words and phrases that the poet uses to show their double standards.
(āĻā§°āĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŽাāĻ āϏেā§ąা āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĻā§°িāĻĻ্ā§° āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°া āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāϝ়, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻোāύো āϞাāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻāύি āĻā§°āĻ।)
Answer:- The poet criticizes the double standards of the government and other social service agencies who promise to improve the standard of living of the poor farmers and show them the rosy side of life. Yet, when the time comes to deliver their promise, they either forget them or fulfil them keeping in view their own benefits. The poet calls them “greedy good-doers” and beneficent beasts of prey”, who “swarm over their lives”. The poet says that these greedy people make calculated and well thought-out shrewd moves, to which the innocents, unaware farmers fall prey. These humble and simple farmers are robbed of their peace of mind by these clever people. The poet says,
āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻā§°āĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŽাāĻ āϏেā§ąা āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āϏāĻŽাāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°ে āϝিāϝ়ে āĻĻā§°িāĻĻ্ā§° āĻৃāώāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻীā§ąāύāϧাā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŽাāύāĻĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻāύ্āύāϤ āĻā§°াā§° āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻোāϞাāĻĒী āĻĻিāĻļāĻো āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে। āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ, āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°াā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻāĻšে, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻšāϝ় āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āϝাāϝ় āĻŦা āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āύিāĻā§° āϞাāĻাāϞাāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ ā§°াāĻি āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ "āϞোāĻী āϏā§āĻā§°্āϤা" āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻাā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒāĻাā§°ী āĻāύ্āϤু āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϝ়, āϝিāϏāĻāϞে "āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāύ্āϤু" āĻĨাāĻে। āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻ āϞোāĻী āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻā§°ু āϏুāĻিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻāϤুā§° āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āϞāϝ়, āϝাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āύিā§°ীāĻš, āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϤ āĻৃāώāĻāϏāĻāϞ āĻিāĻাā§° āĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻ āύāĻŽ্ā§° āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰āϞ āĻৃāώāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāϤুā§° āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āϞুāĻŖ্āĻ āύ āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়,
“.......enforcing benefits
That are calculated to soothe them out of their wits
And by teaching them how to sleep they sleep all day,
Destroy their sleeping at night the ancient ways”.
"....... āϞাāĻাāϞাāĻ āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে
āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়
āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻļুāĻŦ āϞাāĻে āĻļিāĻাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻোāĻেāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻļুāĻ āĻĨাāĻে,
āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻীāύ āĻĒāĻĨāĻŦোā§°āϤ ā§°াāϤি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻোāĻĒāύি āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°āĻ"।
4. What is the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘vain’?
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া 'āĻļিāĻļুāϏুāϞāĻ āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώা' āĻি? āĻāĻāĻো āĻিāϝ় 'āĻŦৃāĻĨা'?)
Answer:- The poet thinks that the persons who are running the roadside stand, suffer from a childish longing. They are always expecting customers and waiting for their prospective customers and waiting for their prospective customers. They become sad when no one turns up. They are always waiting to hear the squeal of brakes, the sound of a stopping car. But all their efforts go in vain.
āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻাāĻŦে āϝে ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϏāĻāϞে āĻļিāĻļুāϏুāϞāĻ āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώাāϤ āĻুāĻিāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻāĻāĻļা āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ą্āϝ āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ą্āϝ āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ে। āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻোāύেāĻ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ় āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻĻুāĻী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻā§° āĻিāĻā§°, ā§°ৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻŦ্āϝ⧰্āĻĨ āĻšāϝ়।
5. Which lines tell us about the insufferable pain that the poet feels at the thought of the plight of the rural poor?
(āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āĻĻā§°িāĻĻ্ā§°āϞোāĻā§° āĻĻুā§°্āĻĻāĻļাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦি āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°া āĻ āϏāĻšāύীāϝ় āĻŦেāĻĻāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļাā§°ীāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāϝ়?)
Answer: Filled with empathy, the poet is unable to bear the plight of the unassuming and innocent rural people. The lines below show his insufferable pain:
“Sometimes I feel myself I can hardly bear
The thought of so much childish longing in vain,
The sadness that lurks near the open window there,
That waits all day in almost open prayer”
āϏāĻšাāύুāĻূāϤিā§°ে āĻā§°া āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āύāĻŽ্ā§° āĻā§°ু āύিā§°ীāĻš āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĻুā§°্āĻĻāĻļা āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ āϏāĻšāύীāϝ় āĻŦিāώ āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāϝ়:
"āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻŽāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°োঁ āϝে āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ো
āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻļিāĻļুāϏুāϞāĻ āĻāĻাংāĻ্āώাā§° āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻŦৃāĻĨা,
āϤাāϤ āĻোāϞা āĻিā§°িāĻীā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻĻুāĻ,
āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŽুāĻāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύাāϤ āĻোāĻেāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻā§°ে"
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