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A Baker from Goa
āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦেāĻাā§°
Thinking about the text:
āϞিāĻāύীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি:
1. Which of these statements are correct?
ā§§/ āĻāϝ়াā§°ে āĻোāύāĻো āĻāĻ্āϤি āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ?
(i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times .
(i) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻাāϞāϤ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° ৷
(ii) Paders still exist in Gaon villages.
(ii) āĻাāĻঁ āĻাঁā§ąāϤ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° āĻāĻে।
(iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.
(iii) āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻāϞ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻীāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻঁāϤ⧰ি āĻ’āϞ।
(iv) The paders continue to were a single-piece long frock.
(iv) āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻāϞ āĻ
āĻŦ্āϝাāĻšāϤ āĻāĻে āĻāĻা āĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻুā§°া āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻĢ্ā§°āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
(v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.
(v) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύāϤ ā§°ুāĻি āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻ āĻোā§ąা āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻŦিāĻ্āĻেāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ
ংāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
(vi) Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.
(vi) āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ ā§°ুāĻি-āĻŦেāĻিং āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ
āϤি āϞাāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়।
(vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.
(vii) āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āĻ
āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻে।
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2. Is bread an important part of goan life? How do you know this?
⧍/ ā§°ুāĻি āĻোā§ąাāύ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ
ংāĻļ āύেāĻি? āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύে?
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3. Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following?
ā§Š/ āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āĻিāĻ āĻā§°āĻ। āϞেāĻāĻে āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāĻĨাāĻিāύি āĻāĻঁāϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏুā§° āĻি?
(i) The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker's bamboo can still be heard in some places . (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
( i) āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻŦেāĻাā§°ā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšā§° āĻĨুāĻĒāύি āĻā§°ু āĻিংāĻāϞ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ় ৷ (āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ, āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻী)
(ii) Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(ii) āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āύাāĻ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻো āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়াāĻ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়। (āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ, āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻী)
(iii) I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves . (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
(iii) āϏেāĻ ā§°ুāĻিāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āϏুāĻāύ্āϧিāĻোā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻāĻে ৷ (āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ, āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāώ্āĻ)
(iv) The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny
(iv) āĻŦাāĻে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ āĻā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻাāĻšে āĻāĻŽাāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়াāĻৈ āϏāĻāϞো āϧুāĻ āĻাāĻĢা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ, āĻāĻাāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤো। (āĻĻুāώ্āĻ, āĻং, āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া)
(v) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter-of-fact)
(v) āĻŦā§°āĻĻিāύ⧰ āϞāĻāϤে āĻ
āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āĻেāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšা āĻā§ąāĻļ্āϝāĻীāϝ়। (āĻĻুāĻী, āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ)
(vi) The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)
(vi) āĻŦেāĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ
āύাāĻšাā§°ে āύাāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϏুāĻী āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিāĻļাāϞী āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ। (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ āĻāĻĨা, āĻāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻী)
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Writing
I. In this extract, the author talks about traditional bread-baking during his childhood days. Complete the following table with the help of the clues on the left. then write a paragraph about the author's childhood days.
I. āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻ্āϧৃāϤিāĻোāϤ āϞেāĻāĻে āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ ā§°ুāĻি-āĻŦেāĻিāĻā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻৈāĻে। āĻŦাāĻঁāĻĢাāϞে āĻĨāĻা āĻ্āϞুā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤ āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϞেāĻāĻā§° āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻা āĻ
āύুāĻ্āĻেāĻĻ āϞিāĻāĻ।
Clues (āĻāĻাāϏ) | Author's childhood days (āϞেāĻāĻā§° āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύ) |
the way bread was baked (ā§°ুāĻি āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ) | |
the way the pader sold bread (āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ে ā§°ুāĻি āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ) | |
what the pader wore (āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ে āĻি āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻিāϞ) | |
when the pader was paid (āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āĻ āĻĻā§°āĻŽāĻšা āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ) | |
how the pader looked (āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āĻāύāĻ āĻেāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻĻেāĻা āĻৈāĻিāϞ) | |
II. 1. Compare the piece from the text (on the left below) with the other piece on Goan bakers ( on the right). What makes the to texts so different? are the facts the same? Do both writers give you a picture of the baker?
II. ā§§/ āϞিāĻāύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻো (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻঁāĻĢাāϞে) āĻোā§ąাāύ āĻŦেāĻাā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāύāĻো āĻুāĻুā§°াā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°āĻ ( āϏোঁāĻĢাāϞে)। āĻিāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻু āĻেāĻ্āϏāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ? āϤāĻĨ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻেāĻ āύেāĻি? āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύ āϞেāĻāĻে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻŦেāĻাā§°ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āύেāĻি?
Oure elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old portuguese days. the portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. those eaters of loaves might have vanished but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders and those who bake the loaves. Those age-old, time-tested furnaces still exist. The fire in the furnaces had not yet been extinguished. The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker's bamboo, heralding his arrival in the morning, can still be heard in some places. May be the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession.
| After Goa's liberation, people used to say nostalgically that the portuguese bread vanished with the paders. But the paders have managed to survive because they have perfected the art of door-to-door delivery service. The paders pick up the knowledge of bread-making from traditions in the family. The leavened, oven-baked bread is a gift of the portuguese to India. [Adapted from Nandakumar Kamat's 'The Unsung Lives of Goan paders']
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āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāϝ়োāĻ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻāϞে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āϏেāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻীāĻ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāĻĨা āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻāĻাā§ąে āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়। āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻীāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ ā§°ুāĻি। āϏেāĻ ā§°ুāĻি āĻোā§ąাāϏāĻāϞ āĻšāϝ়āϤো āύোāĻšোā§ąা āĻšৈ āĻ’āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϏāĻāϞ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻŽিāĻ্āϏাā§°, āĻŽāϞ্āĻĄাā§° āĻā§°ু ā§°ুāĻি āĻŦেāĻ āĻā§°া āϏāĻāϞ āĻāĻে। āϏেāĻ āϝুāĻ āϝুāĻ āϧ⧰ি, āϏāĻŽāϝ়ে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻā§°া āĻুāϞাāĻŦোā§° āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻে। āĻুāϞাāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻুāĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āύুāĻŽুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāĻāĻŽāύ⧰ āϏূāĻāύা āĻā§°া āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻŦেāĻাā§°ā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšā§° āϧ্āĻŦāύি āĻā§°ু āĻিংāĻāϞāĻো āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়। āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āύাāĻ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻো āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়াāĻ āϞৈ āĻৈāĻে। | āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻŽুāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āύāώ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻāĻাā§ąে āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻীāĻ ā§°ুāĻিāĻāύ āύোāĻšোā§ąা āĻšৈ āĻ’āϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻāϞে āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ে āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ে āĻĄেāϞিāĻাā§°ী āϏেā§ąাā§° āĻāϞা āύিāĻুঁāϤ āĻā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻে। āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻāϞে āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°ুāĻি āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āĻ্āĻাāύ āϤুāϞি āϞāϝ়। āĻāĻŽিā§°āϝুāĻ্āϤ, āĻ
āĻেāύāϤ āĻŦেāĻ āĻā§°া ā§°ুāĻিāĻāύ āĻাā§°āϤāϞৈ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻীāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§°। [āύāύ্āĻĻāĻুāĻŽাā§° āĻাāĻŽāϤ ā§° 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ
āύāϏংāĻ āϞাāĻāĻāĻ āĻ
ā§ą āĻোā§ąা āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°'ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏংāĻāϞিāϤ] |
2. Now find a travel brochure about a place you have visited . Look at the description in the brochure. Then write your own account, adding details from your own experience, to give the reader a picture of the place, reader than an impersonal, factual description.
2. āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻ াāĻ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻāύ āĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦ্ā§°'āĻাā§° āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ। āĻŦ্ā§°’āĻাā§°āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖ āĻাāĻāĻ। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϝোāĻ āĻā§°ি āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻাāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āϞিāĻāĻ, āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻšীāύ, āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύাāϤāĻৈ āĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ।
Group Discussion
1. In groups, collect information on how bakeries bake bread now and how the process has changed over time.
1. āĻোāĻāϤ, āĻŦেāĻাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒিāĻ া āϏেā§ąāύ āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻো āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāϞāύি āĻšৈāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻ।
2. There are a number of craft-based professions which are dying out. Pick one of the crafts below. Make a group presentation to the class about the skills required, and the possible reasons for the decline of the craft. Can you think of ways to revive these crafts?
⧍/ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻিāϤ্āϤিāĻ āĻেāĻāĻŦাāĻাāĻ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āĻļেāώ āĻšৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻে। āϤāϞ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻ্ā§°াāĻĢ্āĻ āĻŦাāĻি āϞāĻāĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āĻĻāĻ্āώāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে, āĻā§°ু āĻāϞাā§° āĻ
ā§ąāύāϤিā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ą্āϝ āĻাā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāĻোāĻ āĻāĻা āĻোāĻ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻā§°্āĻŽāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻĒাāϝ় āĻাāĻŦিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে?
(i) pottery (āĻŽৃā§āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ)
(ii) Batik work (āĻŦাāĻিāĻ āĻাāĻŽ)
(iii) Dhurri (rug) weaving (āϧুā§°ি (ā§°āĻ) āĻŦোā§ąা)
(iv) Embroidery (āĻāĻŽ্āĻŦ্ā§°āϝ়āĻĄাā§°ী)
(v) Carpentry (āĻাāĻ āĻŽিāϏ্āϤ্ā§°ী)
(vi) Bamboo weaving (āĻŦাঁāĻš āĻŦোā§ąা)
(vii) Making just products (āĻেā§ąāϞ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°া)
(viii) Handloom (āĻšāϏ্āϤāϤাঁāϤ)
Type By-Jatin Nath
Post ID: DABP004180