The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan
Part II
Thinking about the Text
I. Tick the right answer.
(āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻিāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1. The (shehnal, pungi) Was a 'reeded noisemaker.'
(āĻļেāĻšāύাāϞ, āĻĒুংāĻী) āĻāĻāύ 'ā§°িāĻĄ āύāϝ়েāĻāĻŽেāĻাā§°' āĻāĻিāϞ)
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2. (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύ, āĻāĻāύ āύাāĻĒিāϤ, āĻāϞী āĻŦাāĻ্āϏ) āĻĒুংāĻীāĻ āĻāĻা āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāĻāϞৈ ā§°ূāĻĒাāύ্āϤ⧰িāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
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3. Bismillah Khan's paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύ⧰ āĻĒিāϤৃāĻĒুā§°ুāώ āĻāĻিāϞ (āύাāĻĒিāϤ, āĻĒেāĻাāĻĻাā§°ী āϏংāĻীāϤāĻ্āĻ)
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4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaz Khan).
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে (āĻāϞি āĻŦাāĻ্āϏ, āĻĒাāĻāĻাāĻŽ্āĻŦাā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϏ, āĻāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻĢৈāϝ়াāĻ āĻাāύ) āĻĒā§°া āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāĻ āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻিāĻিāϞ)
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5. Bismillah Khan's first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada).
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻিāϞ (āĻāĻĢāĻাāύিāϏ্āϤাāύ, āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻা āϝুāĻ্āϤ⧰াāώ্āĻ্ā§°, āĻাāύাāĻĄা)
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II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan's feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (✔) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
(āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°āĻ āϝিāϝ়ে āϤāϞāϤ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύ⧰ āĻ āύুāĻূāϤি āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāϝ়। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϏāĻ িāĻ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻāϤ āĻāĻা āĻিāĻ (✔) āĻিāĻš্āύিāϤ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§° āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ)
III. Answer these questions in 30-40 words.
(āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° 30-40 āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi?
(āĻā§°āĻ্āĻāĻেāĻŦে āĻিāϝ় āĻĒুংāĻী āĻŦāĻোā§ąাāϤ āύিāώেāϧাāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°োāĻĒ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
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2. How is a shehnal different from a pungi?
(āĻĒুংāĻীāϤāĻৈ āĻāĻা āĻļেāĻšāύেāϞ āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ)
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3. Where was the shehnal played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this?
(āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤāĻাā§ąে āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāϞ āĻ'āϤ āĻŦāĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ? āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāϞে)
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4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻŦিā§°āϤি āĻĒাāϞে)
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5. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻŦিā§°āϤি āĻĒাāϞে)
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6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai School in the U.S.A.?
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻা āϝুāĻ্āϤ⧰াāώ্āĻ্ā§°āϤ āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāĻ āϏ্āĻুāϞ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
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7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.
(āϝি āĻĒাāĻ ে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāϝ় āϝে āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύে āĻাā§°āϤ āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāύাā§°াāĻāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়)
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Thinking about Language
(āĻাāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°া)
I. Look at these sentences.
(āĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ)
● Evelyn was determined to live a normal life.
(āĻāĻāϞিāύ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাā§ąিāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻিāϞ)
● Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers.
(āĻāĻāϞিāύে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦā§°্āϧিāϤ āĻŦāϧিā§°āϤাāĻ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
The italicised parts answer the questions: "What was Evelyn determined to do?" and "What did Evelyn manage to do?" They begin with a to-verb, (to live, to conceal).
(āĻāĻাāϞিāĻাāĻāĻ āĻā§°া āĻ ংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে: "āĻāĻāϞিāύে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻৃāĻĸ় āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āϞৈāĻিāϞ?" āĻā§°ু "āĻāĻāϞিāύে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?" āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻা āĻু-āĻাā§°্āĻŦেā§°ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻšāϝ়, (āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ, āϞুāĻুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ)
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Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the questions in brackets.
(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻা āĻু-āĻাā§°্āĻŦেā§°ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ি, āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°āĻ)
1. The school sports team hopes ___________________(What does it hope to do?
(āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĻāϞāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻļা āĻā§°ে (āĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻļা āĻā§°ে)
2. We all want __________________(What do we all want to do?)
(āĻāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো (āĻāĻŽি āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো)
3. they advised the hearing-impaired child's mother________________(What did they advise her to do?)
(āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻļ্ā§°ā§ąāĻŖ āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻšীāύ āĻļিāĻļুāĻোā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ (āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ)
4. The authorities permitted us to_______________ (What did the authorities permit us to do?)
(āĻā§°্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ্āώāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ (āĻā§°্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ্āώāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻāϞ)
5. A musician decided to _______________ (What did the musician decide to do?)
(āĻāĻāύ āϏংāĻীāϤāĻ্āĻāĻ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ (āϏংāĻীāϤāĻ্āĻāĻāύে āĻি āĻā§°াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ)
II. From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases that match these definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the words/ phrases has been given for you in brackets.
(āĻŦিāĻāĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻাāύ⧰ āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া, āĻāĻ āϏংāĻ্āĻাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻি ā§°াāĻāĻ। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻĒেā§°াāĻ্ā§°াāĻĢā§° āϏংāĻ্āϝা āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে)
1. the home of royal people [1] _______________
(ā§°াāĻāĻীāϝ় āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻā§° [1])
2. the state of being alone [5] ________________
(āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা [5])
3. a part which is absolutely necessary[2] _______________
(āĻāĻা āĻ ংāĻļ āϝিāĻো āĻ āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ়[2])
4. to do something not done before [5] ___________________
([5] āĻāĻāϤে āύāĻā§°া āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ)
5. without much effort [13] ______________________
(āĻŦেāĻি āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āύāĻā§°াāĻৈ [13])
6. quickly and in large quantities [9] ________________and ________________
(āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāϤাā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŦৃāĻšā§ āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖāϤ [9] āĻā§°ু)
III. Tick the right answer.
(āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻিāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ)
1. When something is revived, it (remains dead/ lives again).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻিāĻŦা āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āĻ (āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে/ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ে)
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2. When a government bans something, it wants it (stopped/ started).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°āĻাā§°ে āĻিāĻŦা āύিāώিāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ে, āĻ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে (āĻŦāύ্āϧ/āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ)
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3. When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/ avoid it).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻļুāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়, (āĻāϝ়াāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻāϤāĻŽ āĻāύাāĻāĻ/ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§° āĻā§°āĻ)
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4. When we take to something, we find it (boring/ interesting).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽি āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āϞāĻঁ, āĻāĻŽি āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻঁ (āĻŦিā§°āĻ্āϤিāĻā§°/ āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖীāϝ়)
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6. When you replicate something, you do it (for the first time/for the second time).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻিāĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϞিāĻĒি āĻā§°ে, āĻāĻĒুāύি āϏেāĻāĻো āĻā§°ে (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে/āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে)
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7. When we come to terms with something, it is (still upsetting/no longer upsetting).
(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽি āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻā§°োঁ, āĻ (āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŦিā§°āĻ্āϤিāĻā§°/āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻāϞিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ়)
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IV. Dictionary work
(āĻ āĻিāϧাāύ⧰ āĻাāĻŽ)
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● The sound of the shehnai is auspicious.
(āĻļেāĻšāύাāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāĻ)
● The auspicious sound of the chehnai is usually heard at marriages.
(āĻেāĻšāύাāĻā§° āĻļুāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻŦিāϝ়াāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়)
The adjective auspicious can occur after the verb be as in the first sentence, or before a noun as in the second. But there are some adjectives which can be used after the verb be was overjoyed.
(āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে, āĻŦা āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āĻŦাāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻāϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻļুāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āĻো āĻāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āĻāĻে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻ āϤিāĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি)
● Ustad Faiyaz Khan was overjoyed.
(āĻāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻĢৈāϝ়াāĻ āĻাāύ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ)
We cannot say: *the overjoyed man.
(āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে āĻ'āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°োঁ: *āĻāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύ)
Look at these entries from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2005).
(āĻ āĻ্āϏāĻĢā§°্āĻĄ āĻāĻĄāĻাāύ্āϏāĻĄ āϞাā§°্āύাā§°্āĻ āĻĄিāĻ্āϏāύেā§°ী (2005)ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦিāώ্āĻিāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻāĻ)
Consult your dictionary and complete the following table. The first one has been done for you.

