Kathmandu
1. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.
āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϤ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻুāĻি āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āϞিāĻা)
1) Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
(āĻাāĻ āĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻĄুāϤ āϞিāĻāĻে āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āĻā§°া āĻĻুāĻা āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
Answer:- Pashupatinath and Boudhanath Stupa.
āĻĒāĻļুāĻĒāϤিāύাāĻĨ āĻā§°ু āĻŦৌāϧāύāĻĨ āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ
2) The writer says, “All this I wash down with coca cola.” What does “all this” refer to?
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻৈāĻে, “āĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āĻŽāĻ āĻ’āĻা āĻ’āϞা āĻĻি āϧূāĻ āĻĒেāϞাāϞো, “āĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§°ে” āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻে?
Answer:- Com-on- the-cob and marzipan
āĻŽাāĻৈ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāϞেāĻ
3) What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?
āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻļেāĻ ে āĻāĻা āĻļংāĻুāĻĒāύ⧰ āĻুāĻāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻি āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°ে
Answer:- The flutes- lled on the top of the flute seller’s pole.
āĻুāĻাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦাāύ্āϧ āĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦাঁāĻšী।
4) Name five kinds of flutes.
āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšীā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা।
Answer:- The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese Shaku chi, the deep bansuri, the breathy flutes of South America, and the high pitched Chinese flutes.
āĻĻ্āϝা ā§°েāĻĄ āύীāĻš, āĻĻ্āϝা ā§°েāĻāĻĄাā§°, āĻĻ্āϝা āĻাāĻĒাāύীāĻ āĻাāĻুāĻšাā§°ী, āĻĻ্āϝা āĻĻীāĻĒ āĻŦাāĻ্āĻুā§°ি, āĻĻ্āϝা āĻাāĻāĻĨ āĻāĻŽেā§°ীāĻাā§° āĻŦাāĻšী, āĻāĻ্āĻ āϏুā§°ā§° āĻাāĻāύীāĻ āĻŦাঁāĻšী
II. Answer each question in a short paragraph.
āĻুāĻি āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ą āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϞিāĻা।
1. What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻী āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The author finds a difference in selling the articles. The flute seller does not shout out his wares. He makes a sale in a curiously off handed way as if this was incidental to his enterprise.
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāĻĻ āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤাāĻāύে āĻোāύো āĻিāĻā§° āĻŽā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ, āϤেāĻেāϤে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻাāĻŦে āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻŦāĻাāĻ āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻāĻ āĻāĻā§°্āώিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
2. What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyah?
āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻĒāϤি āύাāĻĨāϤ āĻāϞি āϝুāĻā§° āĻļেāώāĻ āϞৈ āĻি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻāĻে?
Answer:- At Pashupatinath, people believe that when a small Shrine emerges fully on Bagmati river, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil period of the Kaliyah will end on earth.
āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻĒāϤি āύাāĻĨāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ে āϝে, āϝেāϤিā§া āĻŦাāĻāĻŽāϤী āύāĻĻীāϤ āĻāĻা āϏ্āϤāĻĒ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ ā§°ূāĻĒে āĻāĻĒā§°āϞৈ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āϤেāϤিā§া āϤাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻā§ąাāύে āĻāĻšি āĻāϞি āϝুāĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ।
3. The author has drawn awerful images images and pictures-Pick out three examples each of
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻāĻŦি āϤāĻĨা āĻিāĻš্āύ⧰ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻā§°ে āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিā§া
i. The atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example: some people trying to get priest’s attention are elbowed aside...)
āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻšুāϞāϏ্āĻĨুāϞীā§া āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻĒāϤি āύাāĻĨ
Answer:- The author describes the fight between two monkish vividly. One chares the other, Who jumps onto a shriveling's then runs screaming around the temples and down to the rivers.
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°āϤ āĻŦাāύাā§°āĻেāĻāĻাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āĻাāĻিā§াā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŦā§°্āύāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻা āĻŦাāύ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻāύāĻোā§° āĻĒাāĻ āϞৈāĻিāϞ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻļিā§ą āϞিংāĻāĻোā§° āĻāĻĒā§°েāĻĻি āĻāĻ ি āĻৈ āĻোāĻেāĻ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°āĻোāϤ āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāϤ āύāĻĻীāĻāύ⧰ āĻĢাāϞে āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
ii. the thing he sees
āϤেঁāĻ āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°
Answer:- The author observes a princes of the Nepalese royal house. Everyone bows to her. Her sees monkeys, felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewelry.
āϞিāĻāĻে āύেāĻĒাāϞী ā§°াāĻ āĻŦংāĻļā§° āĻāĻā§°াāĻী ā§°াāĻāĻুāĻŽাā§°ীāĻ āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ। āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽূā§° āĻĻূā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦাāύ্āĻĻā§°, āĻŦেāĻ, āϤিāĻŦ্āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ু ā§°ূāĻĒ āĻ āϞংāĻাā§° āĻāĻĻি āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ।
iii. The sounds he hears
āϤেāĻঁ āĻļুāύা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°
Answer:- He hears film songs from the radios, ear horns, bicycle bells, stray cows low and vendors short out their wares. He also listens to the various flutes played by the flute seller.
āϤেঁāĻ ā§°েāĻĄিāĻ ’ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāύেāĻŽাā§° āĻাāύ, āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻšā§°্āĻŖ, āĻাāĻāĻেāϞ⧰, āĻিāϞিāĻা, āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āĻā§°ু āϤāĻĨা āĻĻোāĻাāύীāĻŦিāϞাāĻā§° āĻিāĻā§° āĻāĻĻি āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§°োāĻĒā§°ি āϤেঁāĻ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦাঁāĻšীā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
III. Answer the following questions in not more than 100-150 words each:
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ ā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§§ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĻিā§া।
1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in the around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath Temple?
āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāύাāĻĨ āϏ্āϤāĻĒ āĻā§°ু āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻĒāϤি āύাāĻĨ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļā§° āϤুāϞāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻ āϧ্āϝā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়োā§ąা।
Answer:- At Pashupatinath temple, there is an atmosphere of “febrile confusion”. Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cause, monkeys, pigeons and dogs room through the grounds. There are so many worshipers that some people trying to get the priests attention are albowed aside by others pushing their way to the front, while at the Baudhnath stupa, the environment is so calm and a sense of stillness is there. Its immense white dome is ringed by a road. Small shapes stand on its outer edge. Most of the shops are owned by Tibetan immigrants. There are no crowds and this is a heaven of quietness in the busy streets around.
āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄāĻĒāϤি āύাāĻĨ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°āϤ āĻšুāϞāϏ্āĻĨুāϞীā§া āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻĒুā§°োāĻšিāϤ, āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ী, āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύাā§°্āĻĨী, āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻ, āĻŦাāύ্āĻĻā§°, āĻā§°ু, āĻĒাā§°, āĻুāĻুā§° āĻāĻĻি āϏāĻāϞো āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύাā§°্āĻĨীā§ে āĻĒুā§°াā§°ীā§° āĻāĻļীā§°্āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻ ুāĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤে āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāύাāĻĨ āϏ্āϤুāĻĒāϤ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦāĻা ā§°āĻে āϏāĻāϞোāĻে āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āϏ⧰ু āϏ⧰ু āĻĻোāĻāύ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦিāϞাāĻāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§āĻাāĻ āϤিāĻŦ্āĻŦāϤ āĻļā§°āĻŖাā§°্āĻĨী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤাāϤ āϏ্āĻŦā§°্āĻ āĻĒূā§°ীā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ āĻāĻিāϞ।
2. How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest street’s?
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāĻ āĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻĄুā§° āĻŦ্āϝāϏ্āϤ āĻĒāĻĨā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The author says that Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets. There are are fruit sellers, flute sellers, howres of postcards, shapes selling western cosmetics, film ralls and chocolate or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios, or horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low, vendors shout out their wares. The author buys a com-on-the cab roasted in charcoal brazier on the pavement. He also buys coca cola and orange drink.
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻাāĻ āĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻĄুā§° ā§°াāϏ্āϤাāĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻŦāĻ্āĻ, āĻĢুāϞ⧰ āĻĻোāĻাāύেā§°ে āĻā§°āĻĒূā§°, āϏ⧰ু āϏ⧰ু āĻāĻā§ąাāύ⧰ āĻŽূā§°্āϤিā§°ে āĻĒā§°িāĻĒূā§° āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻā§াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ āĻĢāϞāĻŽূāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা, āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা, āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°েāϤা, āĻĒ্ā§°āϏাāϧāύ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী, āĻিāύেāĻŽা āĻŦোāϞ, āĻāĻāϞেāĻ, āĻāĻŖাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻāύ, āύেāĻĒাāϞী āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻāĻĻি āĻāĻিāϞ।ā§°াāϏ্āϤাā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻাāύ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϤāĻĨা āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻšā§°্āĻŖ, āĻাāĻāĻেāϞ⧰ āĻিāϞিāĻা, āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ীāĻŦিāϞাāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻĻি āĻļুāύা āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŽাāĻৈ āĻিāύি āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻ’āĻা āĻ’āϞা āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŽāϞা ā§°āϏ āĻিāύি āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ।
3. To hear any flute is to be drown into the commonality of all mankind, “Why does the author say this?
“āĻŦাঁāĻšীā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻŦিāĻেāĻĻ āύাāĻāĻিā§া āĻā§°ে” āϞিāĻāĻে āĻিā§ āĻāύেāĻৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The author considers flute music to be “the most universal and most particular” of all music. This is a musical instrument that is common to all cultures. We have the read neh, the recorder, the taponese shakunavhi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear or breathy flute of south America. The high pitched Chinese flutes etc. Even though each of these has its specific fingerings and compass yet, for the author, to her any flute is “to be drown into the community of all mankind. “Apart from the differences in caste, culture religion all human beings are the same, with the some living breath running through all of them.
āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻšীā§° āϏুā§°āĻ āĻ āύāύ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ āϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒ āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে। āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻšৈāĻে āϏāĻāϞো āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিā§°ে āĻিā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻĻ্āϝ। āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšী, āϝেāύেঃ ā§°েāĻĄ āύী āĻাāĻĒাāύীāĻ āĻŦাঁāĻšী, āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻāύ āĻŦাঁāĻšী, āĻšিāύ্āĻĻুāϏ্āĻĨাāύী āĻŦাঁāĻšী āĻāĻĻি āĻāĻে। āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦাঁāĻšীā§°ে āύিāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻļৈāϞ্āϝ āĻāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻā§াā§° āϏুā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāύāύী āĻā§°ু āĻিā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ। āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤো āĻāĻেāĻ; āϧ⧰্āĻŽ, āĻাāϤি, āĻাāϝা, āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤি āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤে āϞāĻāϞো āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻāĻāϤাā§°ে āĻā§°ীā§°ে āĻŦাāύ্āϧ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻে।
III) Answer The following questions in not more than 100-150 words each.
1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple.
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2. How does the author describe Kathmandu's busiest streets?
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3. '' To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.'' Why does the author say this?
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Thinking the following sentences carefully to understand the meaning of the italicised phrases.Then match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.
1. A communal war broke out when the princess was abducted by the neighbouring prince.
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2. The cockpit broke off from the plane during the plane crash.
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3. The car broke down on the way and we were left stranded in the jungle.
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4. The dacoit broke away from police as they took him to court.
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5. The brothers broke up after the death of the father.
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6. The thief broke into our house when we were away.
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Re-Arrange By Dipawali Bora
Author Angamita Dutta
MA in English (G.U.)
