Lesson: 7 (i)
A Baker from Goa
1. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
(āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻŦā§োāĻ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϏāĻāϞে āĻি āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦি āύāώ্āĻ্ā§°াāϞāĻিāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻে?)
Ans: In Goa, the elders are become nostalgic by re calling their good old Portuguese days and their love of bread and loaves. Thus the writer says that though the eaters of loaves have left but the makers still exist.
āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻŦā§োāĻ্āϝāώ্āĻ āϏāĻāϞে āύিāĻā§° āĻĒূā§°āĻŖি āĻĒāϤুāĻীāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° ā§°োāĻŽāύ্āĻĨāĻŖ āĻā§°ি āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ।āϏেā§েāĻšে, āϞিāĻāĻে āĻৈāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻšৈāĻে āĻিāύ্āϤ্āϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻাāĻ āĻাāϞāĻĒোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻāĻে।
2. Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you Know?
āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িā§াāĻো āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻāύāĻĒ্ā§°িā§ āĻšā§āύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύিāϞা
Answer: Bread is an essential. Part of Portuguese food culture in every occassion Portuguese people have bread in their menu at first. The age old furnaces, mixers, moulders and the brade bakers are still exist there.
āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻšৈāĻে āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻীāĻ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ।āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻাāύāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϤাāϞিāĻাāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāϤে āĻĨাāĻে।āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻুāĻāĻļাāϞ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽিāĻļ্ā§°āĻŖ āϤāĻĨা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ীā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻীā§াāĻ āĻāĻে।
3. What is the baker called?
āĻŦেāĻাā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻি āĻā§?
Answer: The baker Called pader in Goa.
āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻোā§ąাāϤ āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻā§।
4.When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻĻিāύাāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻোāύ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻāĻšে? āĻļিāĻļুāĻŦোā§°ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϞāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিā§ āĻĻোā§°ি āϝাā§?
Answer: Every day the baker would come twice a day once early in the morning and secondly when he returned after selling his stuff.
The children would run to meet him because they used to get the bread bangles from the baker.
āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻĻিāύাāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻĒুā§ąা āĻŦāĻাā§°āϞৈ ā§োā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻā§°ু āĻāϧূāϞি āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤ্āϤāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ি āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ।
āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°āĻ āϞāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄā§° āĻাāώ⧰ āĻ ংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
5. Match the following. What is a must
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1. as marriage gifts? āĻŦিā§াā§° āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§° |
Cakes and bolinhas āĻেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ |
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2. for a party or a feast? āĻোāĻāĻŽেāϞ āĻŦা āĻāύ্āĻĻোā§āĻ¸ā§ą |
Sweet bread called bol āĻŦāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ |
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3. for a daughter’s
engagement? āĻীā§েāĻā§° āĻāĻুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąা āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ |
bread āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ |
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4. for Christmas? āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ |
Sandwiches āĻেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻেāĻ |
Answer:
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1. as marriage gifts? āĻŦিā§াā§° āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§° |
Sweet bread called bol āĻŦāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ |
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2. for a party or feast āĻোāĻāĻŽেāϞ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা āĻāύ্āĻĻোā§āĻ¸ā§ą |
Bread āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ |
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3. for a daughter’s
engagement āĻীā§েāĻā§° āĻāĻুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąা |
Sandwiches āĻেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻেāĻ |
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4. for Christmas āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ |
Cakes and bolinhas āĻেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ |
5. What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) When the author was young?
āĻŦেāĻাā§° āĻŦোā§°ে āĻি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒোāĻাāĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻিāϞঃ (i) āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻীāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°āϤ (ii) āϝেāϤিā§া āϞিāĻāĻ āϏ⧰ু āĻāĻিāϞ?
Ans:(i) In the Portuguese days, the baker wear a peculiar dress called kabai.
(ii) When the author was young the baker used to wear a shirt and trousers which were shorter than full length ones and longer than half pants.
(i) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻীāĻ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦেāĻাā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āĻাāĻŦাāĻ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϏাāĻāĻĒাā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞে।
(ii) āϞিāĻāĻ āϏ⧰ু āĻĨাāĻোāϤে āĻŦেāĻā§°াāĻŦোā§°ে āĻাā§°্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĒেāύ্āĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻিāϞ āϝিāĻŦোā§° āϞং āĻĒেāύ্āĻāϤāĻৈ āĻুāĻী āĻā§°ু āĻšাāĻĢ্ āĻĒেāύ্āĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ।
6. Who invites the comment- “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?
āĻি āĻāĻĨাāϤ ‘āϏি āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϏাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āĻā§°িāĻে’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ? āĻিā§?
Answer- Any one who wears a pant which reaches just below the knees invites this comment: Because the bakers are called Pader who dressed like that.
āϝি āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻঁāĻ ুāϞৈāĻে āĻĒā§°া āĻšাāĻĢ āĻĒেāύ্āĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻিāϞ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻে āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।āĻিā§āύো āĻŦেāĻাā§°āĻŦিāϞাāĻāĻ āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āϝিā§ে āϤেāύে āĻাāĻĒোā§° āĻĒā§°িāϧাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
7. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
āĻŦেāĻাā§°āĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻšিāϞী āĻĒāĻāĻাā§° āĻšিāĻাāĻĒ āĻ’āϤ ā§°āĻা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Ans- Monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in the house with a pencil.
āĻŦেāĻā§°াāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻšিāϞী āĻĒāĻāĻাā§° āĻšিāĻাāĻĒ āĻā§°ā§° āĻĻেā§ąাāϞāϤ āϞিāĻি ā§°āĻা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
8. What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?
‘āĻঁāĻ াāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻĨাāϤ āϞাāĻে’ āĻā§াā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি?
Ans- A ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ means having a plump physique.
āĻāĻ াāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻেāĻাāϤ āĻŽাāύে āĻŽেāĻĻāĻŦāĻšুāϞ āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āĻ āϧিāĻাā§°ী āĻŦুāĻাāĻ।
9. Which of these statements are correct?
āϤāϞ⧰ āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ
1. The pader was an important person in the village in old times.
āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āϏāĻāϞ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ।
Ans- Correct(āĻļুāĻĻ্āĻĻ)
2. Paders still exist in Goan villages.
āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻাāĻঁāĻŦিāϞাāĻāϤ āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻāĻে।
Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
3.The paders went away with the Portuguese.
āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦোā§° āĻĒāϤুā§°্āĻীāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻুāĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
Ans- Incorrect(āĻ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
4.The paders continue to wear a single - piece long frock.
āĻĒেāĻĻাā§°āĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻāϞো āϏāĻŽā§āϤে āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻĢ্ā§°āĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧি āĻĨাāĻে।
Ans- Incorrect (āĻ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
5. Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.
āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύ⧰ে āĻĒā§°া āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞ āĻŦিāϞাāĻā§° āĻ āĻিāύ্āύ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ।
Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
6. Traditional bread - baking is still a very profitable business.
āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϤো āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ āϞাāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাā§।
Ans- Correct (āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
7. Paders and their families starve in the present times.
āĻĒেāĻĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞ⧰ āĻ āĻাā§ąāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻ āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻে।
Ans- Incorrect (āĻ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ)
10. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞāĻŦিāϞাāĻā§° āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āĻšā§āύে? āϤুāĻŽি āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύিāϞা?
Ans- Yes, bread is an important part of Goan life. In every occassion is an essential of food culture. In daughter’s wedding, mother need to prepare sandwiches as a custom. People uses to gift brade, cake, bolinhas as a token of love. Thus the age old furnaces are still exist in the villages.
āĻšā§ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ।āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻāĻā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻ āύুāώ্āĻ াāύāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšā§ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে।āύিāĻ āύিāĻ āĻāύ্āϝাā§° āĻāĻুāĻ ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°্āĻŦāϤ āĻŽাāĻāĻŦোā§°ে āĻেāύ্āĻĻā§ąিāĻ āĻŦāύোā§ąাāĻো āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻ ংāĻ।āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āϤāĻĨা āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻিāύ āϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ, āĻেāĻ, āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ āĻāĻĻি āĻেāĻĻ āĻā§°ে।āϝাā§° āĻĢāϞāϏ্āĻŦā§°ূāĻĒে āĻ āϤীāĻā§° āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦāύোā§ąা āĻুāĻāĻļাāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻাā§ąঁāĻŦিāϞাāĻāϤ āĻāĻে।
11. Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following?
āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻিāύ āĻĻিā§া।āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰াāϞāϤ āϞিāĻāĻā§° āĻেāύে āĻŽāύোāĻাā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻĒাāĻāĻে āϞিāĻা।
1. The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker’s sambo can still be heard in some places. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤāĻাā§ąে āĻŦেāĻাā§°āϏāĻāϞে āĻাāύ āĻাāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻĄ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āĻšা āĻāϤিā§াāĻ āĻিāĻু āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻļুāύা āĻĒাোā§ąা āϝাā§।
Ans- Nostalgic(āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ)
2. Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻĸুāĻাāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϏāύ্āϤাāύāĻŦোā§°ে āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাā§āĻো āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻিāĻে।)
Ans- hopeful (āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী)
3. I Still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
(āϞোāĻāĻāĻŦিāϞাāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϞোāĻāύীā§ āĻোāύ্āϧāĻো āĻŽোā§° āĻāϤিā§াāĻ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒā§°ে)
Ans- Nostalgic āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ
4. The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny)
(āĻŦাāĻে āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āύিāĻে āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻাāĻĢা āύāĻā§°ে। āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻাāĻš āĻাāϞে āϏāĻāϞোāĻŦোā§° āύিāĻে āĻাāĻĢা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে)
Ans- Funny (āĻুāĻšুāϤীā§া)
5. Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter-of-fact)
(āĻেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšাāĻ āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻāĻŽাāĻ āϤāĻĨা āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻ āĻিāύ্āύ āĻ ংāĻ)
Ans- matter-of-fact) (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ)
6. The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prpsperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)
(āĻŦেāĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞ⧰ āϞোāĻāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻঁ āĻ āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏāĻĻাā§ āϏুāĻāϤ āĻĻিāύ āĻāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ।
Ans- matter-of-fact) (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ)
Angamita Dutta
M.A in English