Chapter: 9
 A PHOTOGRAPH 
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TEXTBOOK EXERCISES

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1. What does the word “cardboard” denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ "āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄ" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜাāϝ়? āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻ•িāϝ় āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে?

Answer:- The word “cardboard” means a very stiff and thick paper. Here the cardboard is a part of the frame that keeps the photograph intact. Its use in the poem is ironical. It keeps the photograph of that twelve-year-old girl safe who herself was ‘terribly transient’. She had died years ago.

 "āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄ" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻāϟা āĻ…āϤি āĻ•āĻ িāύ āφ⧰ু āĻĄাāĻ  āĻ•াāĻ—āϜ। āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāϟো āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻŽā§° āĻāϟা āĻ…ংāĻļ āϝি āĻĢāϟোāĻ—্ā§°াāĻĢāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ•্āώāϤ ā§°াāĻ–ে। āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟোāϤ āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•। āχ āϏেāχ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীā§° āĻĢāϟোāĻ–āύ āϏুā§°āĻ•্āώিāϤ ā§°াāĻ–ে āϝি āύিāϜে 'āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāϛ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।


2. What has the camera captured?
āĻ•েāĻŽেā§°াāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ি āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে?

Answer:- The camera has captured all the three girls alive in it. It has captured the pretty face of the poet’s mother who was a girl of twelve at that time. It has captured the smiling faces of two girl cousins, Betty and Dolly. They were holding the hands of the poet’s mother in their hands.

āĻ•েāĻŽেā§°াāϟোā§ąে āϤিāύিāĻ“āϜāύী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻ• āχāϝ়াāϤ āϜীā§ąিāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āϧ⧰ি āĻ›েāĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে āϝি āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āφāĻ›িāϞ। āχ āĻŦেāϟি āφ⧰ু āĻĄāϞী āύাāĻŽā§° āĻĻুāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽুāĻ–āĻŦোā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻ›েāĻĻ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻšাāϤ āĻšাāϤāϤ āϧ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ।


3. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
 āĻŦিāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϛ⧰āĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻ•ি āϏāϞāύি āĻšোā§ąা āύাāχ? āĻāχāϟোā§ąে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āύেāĻ•ি?

Answer:- The sea has not changed over the years. It brings out the ‘transient’ nature of man when compared to nature and its objects. Time spares none. The pretty faces and the feet of the three girls are ‘terribly transient’ or mortal when compared to the ageless and the unchangeable sea.

āĻŦিāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāϛ⧰āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϏাāĻ—ā§°āϏāϞāύি āĻšোā§ąা āύাāχ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϤুāϞāύাāϤ āχ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° 'āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤি āωāϞিāϝ়াāχ āφāύে। āϏāĻŽāϝ়āχ āĻāĻ•ো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻŦāϝ়āϏāĻšীāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ…āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύীāϝ় āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϤুāϞāύাāϤ āϤিāύিāϜāύী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŽুāĻ– āφ⧰ু āĻ­ā§°ি 'āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻŦা āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§°।


4. The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ•ে āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāϟāϟো āĻĻেāĻ–ি āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ি āϏূāϚাāϝ়?

Answer:- The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot that was taken years ago. In the photograph she as well as her girl cousins stood at the beach. She laughed at the way all of them were dressed up for the beach. Perhaps they looked funny. She pointed it out to her cousins- Dolly and Betty who were with her in the photograph. The laugh indicated her youthful spirit.

āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻŦāϛ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āϞোā§ąা āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāϟāϟোāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĢāϟোāĻ–āύāϤ āϤাāχ āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύীāϏāĻ•āϞ āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ• āĻĒিāύ্āϧি āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϤাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āĻĢāϟোāĻ–āύāϤ āϤাāχ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻĨāĻ•া āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύী- āĻĄāϞী āφ⧰ু āĻŦেāϟিāĻ• āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϝ়াāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ। āĻšাঁāĻšিāϟোā§ąে āϤাāχ⧰ āϝৌā§ąāύ⧰ āφāϤ্āĻŽাāĻ• āχংāĻ—িāϤ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।


5. What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of Loss”?
"āϞোāĻ•āϚাāύ⧰ āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏāĻšāϜāϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা āĻŦিāĻ•ৃāϤ" āĻļাā§°ীāϟোā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻ•ি?
Answer:- Both the poet’s mother and the poet suffer a sense of loss. The mother has lost her childlike innocence and joyful spirit that the photograph captured years ago. For the poet the smile of his mother has become a thing of the past. Ironically, both labour to bear this loss with ease.

 āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻŦি āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύেāχ āĻ•্āώāϤিā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ে। āĻŽাāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻļিāĻļুāϏুāϞāĻ­ āύিāώ্āĻĒাāĻĒāϤা āφ⧰ু āφāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽāϝ় āφāϤ্āĻŽা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে āϝিāϟো āĻĢāϟোāĻ–āύে āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāϛ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻ…āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›ে। āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে, āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύে āĻāχ āĻ•্āώāϤি āϏāĻšāϜে āĻŦāĻšāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰ে।


6. What does “this circumstance” refer to?
"āĻāχ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি"ā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻ•ি?
Answer:- “This circumstance” refer to the death of the poet’s mother. The photograph of the dead mother brings sad nostalgic feelings in the poet.  But the poet has nothing to say at all about this circumstance. The silence of the poet  makes the pall of the silence prevailing there still deeper.

"āĻāχ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি"ā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু। āĻŽৃāϤ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āφāϞোāĻ•āϚিāϤ্ā§°āχ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻĻুāĻ–āϜāύāĻ• āύāϏ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ• āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āĻ•āĻĸ়িāϝ়াāχ āφāύিāĻ›ে।  āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻāχ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ•ো āύাāχ। āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাāχ āϤাāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āϚāϞিāϤ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒেāϞāϟো āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āϕ⧰ি āϤুāϞিāĻ›ে।


7. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
āϤিāύিāϟা āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ•āϤ āϤিāύিāϟা āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ• āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ় āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻ•ি?
Answer:- In the first stanza the poet’s mother is shown  as a twelve year old girl with a pretty and laughing face. There she went paddling with two girl cousins. This phase is before the poet’s birth. The second phase describes the middle aged mother laughing at her own snapshot. The third phase describes the chilling pall of silence that the death of the mother has left in the life of the poet.

āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ•āϤ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āĻāϜāύী āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϝাā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āĻšাঁāĻšি āφāĻ›ে। āϤাāϤ āϤাāχ āĻĻুāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻāχ āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āϟো āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽā§° āφāĻ—ā§°। āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়া āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āύিāϜ⧰ āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāϟāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•াāĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§ąে āĻā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻļীāϤāϞ āϤাā§ŽāĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।




SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
 
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1. What does the cardboard show?
āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻ–āύে āĻ•ি āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ়?
Answer:- The cardboard shows an old photograph. It shows the poet’s mother standing with two girl cousins-Dolly and Betty. All of them were standing at the beach. They stood smiling at the uncle who was standing at a distance with a camera.

 āĻ•াā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻ–āύে āĻāϟা āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āφāϞোāĻ•āϚিāϤ্ā§° āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›ে। āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ•āĻ• āĻĻুāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύী-āĻĄāϞী āφ⧰ু āĻŦেāϟিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĻেāĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ•েāĻŽেā§°া āϞৈ āĻĻূā§°ৈāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ–ুā§°াāϕ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āϚাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।


2. What was the occasion? Why did they go there?
āĻ•ি āωāĻĒāϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āφāĻ›িāϞ? āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤাāϞৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- The poet’s mother and the two girl-cousins, Dolly and Betty had gone there for paddling. Actually, they were enjoying a sea holiday. All the three waded through shallow sea water. They were happy and having a good fun. The uncle stood there with a camera and they were smiling at him.

 āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী-āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύী āĻĄāϞী āφ⧰ু āĻŦেāϟি āϤাāϞৈ āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āφāϚāϞāϤে, āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϏাāĻ—ā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧāωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ— āϕ⧰ি āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻ“āϜāύে āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ীā§° āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āϏুāĻ–ী āφāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু  āĻ…āϏীāĻŽ āφāύāύ্āĻĻ  āϞাāĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ–ুā§°াāĻ•āϜāύে āϤাāϤ āĻ•েāĻŽেā§°া āϞৈ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĢাāϞে āϚাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšি āφāĻ›িāϞ।


3. Describe the three girls standing at the beach?
āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া  āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϤিāύিāϜāύীā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰া।

Answer:- The poet’s mother and her two girl cousins had gone paddling. The big girl, the poet’s mother, was about twelve years or so. That was even before the poet was born. All the three stood still. The sea-water was washing their mortal feet. They were smiling ‘through their hair’ at the uncle. He stood there with a camera.

 āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻুāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύী āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ। āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύী, āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ•, āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ āĻŦা āϤাāϤোāϧিāĻ• āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϏেāχāϟো āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āϜāύ্āĻŽā§° āφāĻ—āϤেāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻ“āϜāύ āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাāύীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻ­ā§°ি āϧুāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ–ুā§°াāϕ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে 'āϚুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে' āĻšাঁāĻšি āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•েāĻŽেā§°া āĻāϟা āϞৈ āϤাāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।



4. “The sea, which appears to have changed less, washed their terribly transient feet.” How does the poet contrast the girls’ terribly transient feet’ with the sea?
 "āϏাāĻ—ā§°āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšোā§ąা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে, āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻ­ā§°ি āϧুāχāĻ›ে।" āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻ­ā§°িāĻ• āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āϕ⧰ে?

Answer:- All the girls standing at the beach have ‘terribly transient’ existence. They are mortal and suffer physical changes with the passage of time. The mother’s sweet face and her smile has disappeared after twenty or thirty years. But the vast sea remains unchanged or seems ‘to have changed less’ in their comparison.

 āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীā§° 'āĻ­āϝ়াāύāĻ• āĻ•্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻ…āϏ্āϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āφāĻ›ে। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ• āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻ–ীāύ āĻšāϝ়। āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āφ⧰ু āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšি āϟো āĻŦিāĻļ āĻŦা āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āύাāχāĻ•িāϝ়া āĻšৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϏাāĻ—ā§°āĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে āĻŦা āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϤুāϞāύাāϤ 'āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšোā§ąা' āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›ে। 


5. Why did poet’s mother laugh at the snapshot?
āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ•ে āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāϟāϟোāϤ āĻ•ি⧟ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ?

Answer:- Time flies on wings. In the photograph, the poet’s mother stood with her two girl cousins at the beach. Of the three, she was the big girl about twelve or so. All the three were dressed up for the beach. Perhaps they looked quite funny in those clothes. She couldn’t help laughing the moment she looked at the snapshot. She reminded her cousins Betty and Dolly how funny they looked in those clothes.

 āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĄাāύাāϤ āω⧰ি āϝাāϝ়। āĻĢāϟোāĻ–āύāϤ, āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĻুāχ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ-āĻ­āύীā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ। āϤিāύিāϜāύ⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ, āϤাāχ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦাā§° āĻŦা āϤāϤোāϧিāĻ• āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āφāĻ›িāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻ“āϜāύে āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϞৈ āĻĒোāĻ›াāĻ• āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻ›িāϞ। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āϏেāχ āĻ•াāĻĒোā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ। āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāϟāϟো āϚোā§ąাā§° āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āϤাāχ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে। āϤাāχ āϤাāχ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•ীāϝ় āĻ­াāχ āĻŦেāϟি āφ⧰ু āĻĄāϞীāĻ• āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϏেāχ āĻ•াāĻĒোā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ।


6. Explain ‘The sea holiday was her past, mine is her laughter’.
'āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧāϟো āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ…āϤীāϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ, āĻŽোā§° āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšি' āĻŦুāϜাāĻ“āĻ•।

Answer:- Time spares none. Gone are the childhood days of the poet’s mother. “The sea holiday’ became ‘her past’. The photograph flashes back to the scene that was captured about thirty years ago. Gone is the carefree laughter of the sweet girl who was just twelve or so at that time. For the poet the laughter of the mother has also become a thing of the past.

 āϏāĻŽāϝ়āχ āĻāĻ•ো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§° āĻ—'āϞ। "āϏাāĻ—ā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧ' 'āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ…āϤীāϤ' āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›িāϞ। āφāϞোāĻ•āϚিāϤ্ā§°āĻ–āύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦāϛ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āϕ⧰া āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāϟোāϞৈ āωāĻ­āϤি āφāĻšিāĻ›িāϞ। āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ āĻŦা āϤাāϤোāϧিāĻ• āĻŦāϝ়āϏ⧰ āĻŽিāĻ া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞীāϜāύীā§° āύিāĻļ্āϚিāύ্āϤ āĻšাঁāĻšি āϟো āĻ—'āϞ। āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ“ āĻ…āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻ›ে


7. ‘Both wry with the laboured ease of loss’ What is the loss? Describe the ironical situation?
'āĻ•্āώāϤিā§° āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽিāĻ• āϏāĻšāϜāϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟাāχ āĻŦেāϝ়া' āϞোāĻ•āϚাāύ āĻ•ি? āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•?

Answer:- Actually both of them suffer a sense of loss. The mother loses her carefree childhood. She can’t have those moments of enjoyment again that she once experienced at the beach. She can’t be a sweet smiling girl of twelve again. This is also the poet’s loss. Perhaps she will never see that smiling face and experience her laughter again in life. The irony of the situation is that both of them struggle to bear the loss with tolerable ease.

 āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤāϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύ āĻšেā§°ুāĻ“ā§ąাā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤিāϤ āĻ­ুāĻ—িāĻ›ে। āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāύ্āϤ āĻļৈāĻļā§ą āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāϝ়। āϤাāχ āφāĻ•ৌ āϏেāχ āωāĻĒāĻ­োāĻ—ā§° āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāĻŦোā§° āĻĒাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āϝিāϟো āϤাāχ āĻāĻŦাā§° āϏাāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ। āϤাāχ āφāĻ•ৌ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāϛ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻŽিāĻ া āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻš'āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻ•্āώāϤি। āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ąāϤঃ āϤাāχ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āϏেāχ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āύেāĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦ āφ⧰ু āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āϤাāχ⧰ āĻšাঁāĻšিā§° āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą āϕ⧰িāĻŦ। āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϟোā§° āĻŦিāĻĄ়āĻŽ্āĻŦāύা āĻš'āϞ āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύে āϏāĻšāύীāϝ় āϏāĻšāϜāϤাā§°ে āϞোāĻ•āϚাāύ āĻŦāĻšāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽ āϕ⧰ে।


8. How did the poet’s mother die? What has he to say about this circumstance?
āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϕ⧰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āĻš'āϞ? āĻāχ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āĻ•'āĻŦ?

Answer:- The poet’s mother has been dead years ago. She has been dead nearly as many years as she lived. The poet has nothing to say about this incident. He maintains silence. And silence leads to a deeper pall of silence and mystery.

 āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ• āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāϛ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে। āϤাāχ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāϛ⧰ āϧ⧰ি āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āφāĻ›ে। āĻāχ āϘāϟāύাāϏāύ্āĻĻā§°্āĻ­āϤ āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āĻ•'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ•ো āύাāχ। āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤা āĻŦāϜাāχ ā§°াāĻ–ে। āφ⧰ু āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাāχ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤা āφ⧰ু ā§°āĻšāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°āϤাāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়।







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