Lesson-15 

The Felling of the Banyan tree

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Word Note:

Tenants : A person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land to the person                     who owns it.

āĻ­াāĻĄ়াāϤীāϝ়া : āĻāϟা āĻ•োāĻ া, āĻ…āϟ্āϟাāϞিāĻ•া, āĻŽাāϟি āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ­াāĻĄ়া āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāϜāύāĻ•।

Demolished : To pull or knock down the building.

āĻ­াāĻ™ি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা: āĻ­ā§ąāύāϟো āϟাāύি āĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦা āϤāϞāϞৈ āύāĻŽাāχ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ।

Crime : Activities or actions that involve breaking the law.

āĻ…āĻĒā§°াāϧ : āφāχāύ āĻ­ংāĻ— āϕ⧰া āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ।

Massacared : killing of large number of people in a cruel way.

āĻŽাāϚাāĻ•াā§°্āĻĄ : āύিāώ্āĻ ুā§° āĻ­াā§ąে āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āϏংāĻ–্āϝāĻ• āϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰া।

Trunk : The thick main stem of the tree from which the branch grows.

āĻĄাāϞ : āϝি āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĄাāϞ āĻ—āϜি āωāĻ ে āϤাā§° āĻĄাāĻ  āĻŽূāϞ āĻ াā§°ি।

Mythology : The ancient might in general; of a particular culture, society etc.

āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ• āĻ•াāĻšিāύী : āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϚীāύ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি; āĻāϟা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি, āϏāĻŽাāϜ āφāĻĻিā§°।

Ariel : Belonging to the air, growing in the air.

āĻā§°িāϝ়েāϞ : āĻŦাāϝ়ুā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ•িāϤ, āĻŦāϤাāĻšāϤ āĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āφāĻ›ে।

Massive : Very large, heavy and solid.

āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ : āĻ…āϤি āĻĄাāϙ⧰, āĻ—āϧুā§° āφ⧰ু āĻ•āĻ িāύ।

Terror : A feeling of extreme fear.

āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ : āϚ⧰āĻŽ āĻ­āϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻ­ā§ą।

Fascination : A very strong attraction, liking

āĻŽোāĻš : āĻāϟা āĻ…āϤি āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖ, āĻ­াāϞ āϞāĻ—া

Slaughter : The killing of animals for meat, the killing of a large number of people in                     war, or in one time.

āĻŦāϧ : āĻŽাংāϏ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āϜীā§ą-āϜāύ্āϤু āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰া, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāϤ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āϏংāĻ–্āϝāĻ• āϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰া, āĻŦা             āĻāϟা āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰া।

Seethes : To be extremely angry but try not to show to others.

āϚিāĻĨেāϚ: āĻ…āϤ্āϝাāϧিāĻ• āĻ–ং āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφāύāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āύāϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ।


A. Answer the following questions (āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻি⧟াāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟া) 

1. What were the tenants told? (āĻ­া⧜াāϤী⧟া āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: The tenants were told to leave.(āĻ­া⧜াāϤী⧟া āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āĻ—ুāϚি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)


2.  What did grandmother say? (āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āĻ•ি āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ?) 

Ans: The grandmother said that trees were sacred.(āφāχāϤাāĻ•ে āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ—āĻ›āĻŦোā§° āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§°)


3. Describe the banyan tree. (āφঁāĻšāϤ āĻ—āĻ›āϜোāĻĒাā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻি⧟া) 

Ans: The banyan tree was three times as tall as the poet's house.Its had a massive trunk that had a circumference of fifty feet.Its scraggy aerial roots fell to the ground from thirty feet or more. It had been home to many insects and birds. The great rings of the tree showed that it was two hundred years old.

(āφঁāĻšāϤ āĻ—āĻ›āϜোāĻĒা āĻ•āĻŦিā§° āϘ⧰āϟোāϤāĻ•ৈ āϤিāύিāĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āφāĻ›িāϞ৷āĻ‡ā§Ÿাā§° āĻāϟা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻ—া-āĻ—āĻ› āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϏীāĻŽা āĻĒ্ā§°া⧟ āĻĒāĻž্āϚাāĻļ āĻĢুāϟ āφāĻ›িāϞ৷āĻ‡ā§Ÿাā§° āĻ“āϞāĻŽি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻļিāĻĒাāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāϟিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•āĻŽেāĻ“ āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦা āϤাāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āφāĻ›িāϞ৷āχ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϚ⧰াāχ āϚিā§°িāĻ•āϟি āφ⧰ু āĻĒোāĻ• āĻĒā§°ুā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāϏāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ৷āĻ‡ā§ŸাāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤাāĻ•াā§° āϚিāύāĻŦোā§°ে āχ āĻĒ্ā§°া⧟ āĻĻুāĻļ āĻŦāϛ⧰ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖা āĻŦুāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)


 4. Who lost their homes because of the felling of the banyan trees? (āφāĻšঁāϤāϜোāĻĒা āĻ•াāϟি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•োāύে āύিāϜ⧰ āϘ⧰ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ?)

Ans: Many insects and birds lost their homes because of the felling of the banyan trees.

(āφāĻšঁāϤāϜোāĻĒা āĻ•াāϟি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে  āϚ⧰াāχ āϚিā§°িāĻ•āϟি āφ⧰ু āĻĒোāĻ• āĻĒā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦোā§°ে āύিāϜ⧰ āϘ⧰ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ)


B. Think and answer (āĻ­াāĻŦা āφ⧰ু āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟া) 

1. Can you name the parts of a tree? (āĻ—āĻ› āĻāϜোāĻĒাā§° āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ā§° āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻ–া)

 Ans: The parts of a tree are trunk, leaves, roots, twig, branch, bark, taproot etc.

(āĻ—āĻ› āĻāϜোāĻĒিā§° āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ…ংāĻļ āĻš’āϞ āĻ—া-āĻ—āĻ›,āĻĒাāϤ,āĻļিāĻĒা,āĻ াāϞ-āĻ েāĻ™ুāϞি,āĻĄাāϞ,āĻŦাāĻ•āϞি,āĻŽূāϞāĻļিāĻĒা āφāĻĻি)


2. Do you think the cutting of big trees is necessary? (āϤুāĻŽি āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻ—āĻ›āĻŦোā§° āĻ•āϟাāϟো āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦাāύে?) 

Ans: Generally cutting the trees are not a right thing to do. But sometimes due to several reasons cutting down of a tree becomes necessary.

(āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻ—āĻ› āĻāϜোāĻĒা āĻ•āϟাāϟো āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āύāĻšā§Ÿ৷āĻ•িāύ্āϤ āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāĻŦāĻļāϤঃ āĻāϜোāĻĒা āĻ—āĻ› āĻ•āϟাāϟো āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে)


3. Did the children love the father for what he did? (āϞ’ā§°াāĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻ•েāχāϟাāχ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•াāĻŽāϟোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāχāĻ›িāϞ āύে?) 

Ans: The children did not love the father for what he did. They watched the cutting of the tree in terror and fascination.

(āϞ’ā§°াāĻ›োā§ąাāϞী āĻ•েāχāϟাāχ āĻĻেāωāϤাāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•াāĻŽāϟোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāĻ›িāϞ৷āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻ—āĻ›āϜোāĻĒা āĻ•āϟাāϟো āϭ⧟ āφ⧰ু āφāĻļ্āϚ⧰্āϝ⧰ে āϚাāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ)


4. Write and tell us about your views on trees? (āĻ—āϛ⧰ āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰া)

Ans: Trees are the most important part of our ecosystem. Trees play a crucial role in keeping a healthy environment. Trees can be useful to us in many ways.It gives us fresh air,oxygen,food and shadow. Without trees our earth will not be suitable to live. Now a days people cut a huge number of trees in the name of industrialization and development. Due to such reasons issues like global warming, deforestation are in a rise. Though sometimes it is necessary to cut trees for some reasons but one must replace it by planting double amount of saplings and taking care of them. 

(āĻ—āĻ› āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤāύ্āϤ্ā§°ā§° āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ…ংāĻļ৷ āĻ—āĻ›ে āφāĻŽাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻŦেāĻļ āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āϕ⧰ি ā§°āĻ–াāϤ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•া āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰ে৷āĻ—āĻ› āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াā§°ে āωāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে৷āĻ—āĻ›ে āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻŦāϤাāĻš,āĻ…āĻ•্āϏিāϜেāύ,āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻ›াঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰ে৷āĻ—āĻ› āĻ…āĻŦিāĻšāύে āφāĻŽাā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻŦāϏāĻŦাāϏ⧰ āωāĻĒāϝোāĻ—ী āĻšৈ āύাāĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ৷āφāϜিāĻ•াāϞি āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻ”āĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—িāϕ⧰āĻŖ āφ⧰ু āωāύ্āύ⧟āύ⧰ āύাāĻŽāϤ āĻ…āϏংāĻ–্āϝ āĻ—āĻ› āĻ—āĻ›āύি āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে৷āĻāχāĻŦোā§° āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻ—োāϞāĻ•ী⧟ āωāώ্āĻŖāϤা, āĻŦāύাāĻž্āϚāϞ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āφāĻĻি āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāχ āĻ—া āϕ⧰ি āωāĻ িāĻ›ে৷āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻ•েāϤি⧟াāĻŦা āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻ—āĻ› āĻāϜোāĻĒা āĻ•āϟাāϟো āĻĒ্⧰⧟োāϜāύী⧟ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻ•িāύ্āϤ āĻāϜোāĻĒা āĻ—āĻ› āĻ•āϟাā§° āĻŦিāύিāĻŽā§ŸāϤ āĻĻুāϜোāĻĒা āĻ—āĻ› ā§°ুā§ąা āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āϝāϤ্āύ āϞোā§ąাāϤো āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϜ⧰ুā§°ী)


Word meaning:

Tenants- āĻ­াāĻĄ়াāϤী⧟া।

Surrounding- āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে।

Hill- āĻĒাāĻšাā§°।

Structure- āĻ—াঁāĻ āύি।

Demolish- āĻ­াāĻ™ি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা।

Sacred- āϭ⧟ āĻ–োā§ąা।

Massacred- āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ।

Huge- āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ।

Root- āĻļিāĻĒা।

Deeper- āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°।

Trunk- āĻŽূāĻĸ়া।

Circumference- āĻĒā§°িāϧি।

Aerial- āφāĻ•াāĻļী।

Branch- āĻļাāĻ–া।

Sawing- āĻ•āϟাā§°ী āϕ⧰া।

Heap- āϏ্āϤূāĻĒ।

Insects- āĻĒোāĻ•-āĻĒā§°ুā§ąা।

Massive- āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ।

Axes- āĻ•ুāĻ াā§°।

Chopped- āĻ•াāϟি āϞোā§ąা।

Revealed- āωāύ্āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤ।

Terror- āϏāύ্āϤ্ā§°াāϏ।

Fascination- āĻŽোāĻš।

Slaughter- āĻŦāϧ āϕ⧰া।

Mythology- āĻĒৌā§°াāĻŖিāĻ• āĻ•াāĻšিāύী।

Grow- āĻŦিāĻ•āĻļিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা।

Dreams- āϏāĻĒোāύ।

Strike- āφāϘাāϤ āϕ⧰া।

 


Check by - Mukesh Borah

Word meaning by-  Punya Hazarika.

Himadri Borah

(M.A in Hindi)