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 A Baker from Goa

 āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°


Thinking about the text:

āϞিāĻ–āύীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰ি:

1. Which of these statements are correct?

ā§§/ āχāϝ়াā§°ে āĻ•োāύāϟো āωāĻ•্āϤি āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ?

    (i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times .

    (i) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻ•াāϞāϤ āĻ—াঁā§ąā§° āĻāϜāύ āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° ৷

    (ii) Paders still  exist in Gaon villages.

    (ii) āĻ—াāĻ“ঁ āĻ—াঁā§ąāϤ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° āφāĻ›ে।

    (iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.

    (iii) āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻ—ীāϜāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āφঁāϤ⧰ি āĻ—’āϞ।

    (iv) The paders continue to were a single-piece long frock.

    (iv) āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ…āĻŦ্āϝাāĻšāϤ āφāĻ›ে āĻāϟা āĻāĻ•āĻ• āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া āĻĻীāϘāϞ āĻĢ্ā§°āĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ।

    (v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.

    (v) āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĻিāύāϤ ā§°ুāϟি āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāĻ• āĻ—োā§ąা āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦিāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻ্āϝ āĻ…ংāĻ— āφāĻ›িāϞ।

    (vi) Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.

    (vi) āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ ā§°ুāϟি-āĻŦেāĻ•িং āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ…āϤি āϞাāĻ­āϜāύāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়।

    (vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.

    (vii) āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĒেāĻĄাā§° āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āĻ…āύাāĻšাā§°ে āĻĨাāĻ•ে।

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2. Is bread an important part of goan life? How do you know this?

⧍/ ā§°ুāϟি āĻ—োā§ąাāύ āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ…ংāĻļ āύেāĻ•ি? āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨা āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϜাāύে?

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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• āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āϟিāĻ• āϕ⧰āĻ•। āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ–িāύি āĻ•āĻ“ঁāϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϏুā§° āĻ•ি?

    (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§°াāĻ—āϤ āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšā§° āĻĨুāĻĒāύি āφ⧰ু āϜিংāĻ—āϞ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ াāχāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ় ৷ (āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•,     āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻ–ী)

    (ii) Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession. (nostalgic,             hopeful, sad)

    (ii) āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻĒিāϤৃ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āύাāχ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āχ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāϟো āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়াāχ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়। (āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•,         āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻ–ী)

    (iii) I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves . (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)

    (iii) āϏেāχ ā§°ুāϟিāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āϏুāĻ—āύ্āϧিāϟোā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻŽāύāϤ āφāĻ›ে ৷ (āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•, āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāώ্āϟ)

    (iv) The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely,             after all. (naughty, angry, funny

    (iv) āĻŦাāϘে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĻাঁāϤ āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻ› āϕ⧰া āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āĻ—ā§°āĻŽ āϚাāĻšে āχāĻŽাāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ āϏāĻ•āϞো āϧুāχ āϚাāĻĢা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ                 āĻĒাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ, āφāϟাāχāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤো। (āĻĻুāώ্āϟ, āĻ–ং, āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া)

    (v) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful,                 matter-of-fact)

    (v) āĻŦā§°āĻĻিāύ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤে āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ“ āĻ•েāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦāϞিāύāĻšা āĻ†ā§ąāĻļ্āϝāĻ•ীāϝ়। (āĻĻুāĻ–ী, āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী,                 āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ•)

    (vi) The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous.                 (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)

    (vi) āĻŦেāĻ•াā§° āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ…āύাāĻšাā§°ে āύাāĻ›িāϞ। āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āϏুāĻ–ী āφ⧰ু                     āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧিāĻļাāϞী āϝেāύ āϞাāĻ—িāĻ›িāϞ। (āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨা, āφāĻļাāĻŦাāĻĻী, āĻĻুāĻ–ী)

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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. āĻāχ āωāĻĻ্āϧৃāϤিāϟোāϤ āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ ā§°ুāϟি-āĻŦেāĻ•িāϙ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ•ৈāĻ›ে। āĻŦাāĻ“ঁāĻĢাāϞে āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ•্āϞুā§° āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤ āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϞেāĻ–āϕ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϟা āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•।

Clues        

(āφāĻ­াāϏ)         

 Author's childhood days

(āϞেāĻ–āϕ⧰ āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύ)

the way bread was baked 

(ā§°ুāϟি āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ)

 

the way the pader sold bread

(āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ে ā§°ুāϟি āĻŦিāĻ•্ā§°ী āϕ⧰াā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖ)

 

 what the pader wore

(āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°ে āĻ•ি āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻ›িāϞ)

 

 when the pader was paid

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āĻ• āĻĻā§°āĻŽāĻšা āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)

 

 how the pader looked

(āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϜāύāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ুā§ąা āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻ—ৈāĻ›িāϞ)

 


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§§/ āϞিāĻ–āύীā§° āĻĒā§°া āϟুāĻ•ুā§°াāϟো (āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ“ঁāĻĢাāϞে) āĻ—োā§ąাāύ āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āφāύāϟো āϟুāĻ•ুā§°াā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤুāϞāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• ( āϏোঁāĻĢাāϞে)। āĻ•িāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϟু āϟেāĻ•্āϏāϟāĻŦোā§° āχāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ—? āϤāĻĨ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻ•েāχ āύেāĻ•ি? āĻĻুāϝ়োāϜāύ āϞেāĻ–āĻ•ে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āύেāĻ•ি?

 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']

                                                               

āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŦāϝ়োāϜ্āϝেāώ্āĻ āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āϏেāχ āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻ—ীāϜ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāχ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়। āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻ—ীāϜ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ ā§°ুāϟি। āϏেāχ ā§°ুāϟি āĻ–োā§ąাāϏāĻ•āϞ āĻšāϝ়āϤো āύোāĻšোā§ąা āĻšৈ āĻ—’āϞāĻšেঁāϤেāύ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦāύোā§ąাāϏāĻ•āϞ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āφāĻ›ে। āφāĻŽাā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻŽিāĻ•্āϏাā§°, āĻŽāϞ্āĻĄাā§° āφ⧰ু ā§°ুāϟি āĻŦেāĻ• āϕ⧰া āϏāĻ•āϞ āφāĻ›ে। āϏেāχ āϝুāĻ— āϝুāĻ— āϧ⧰ি, āϏāĻŽāϝ়ে āĻĒā§°ীāĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰া āϚুāϞাāĻŦোā§° āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āφāĻ›ে। āϚুāϞাāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āϜুāχ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āύুāĻŽুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻ›িāϞ। ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āφāĻ—āĻŽāύ⧰ āϏূāϚāύা āϕ⧰া āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤ āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦাঁāĻšā§° āϧ্āĻŦāύি āφ⧰ু āϜিংāĻ—āϞāϟো āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻ াāχāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়।

     āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻĒিāϤৃ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āύাāχ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āχ āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāϟো āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়াāχ āϞৈ āĻ—ৈāĻ›ে।

 āĻ—োā§ąাā§° āĻŽুāĻ•্āϤিā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āύāώ্āϟাāϞāϜিāĻ•āĻ­াā§ąে āĻ•ৈāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻ—ীāϜ ā§°ুāϟিāĻ–āύ āύোāĻšোā§ąা āĻšৈ āĻ—’āϞ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ে āĻĻুā§ąাā§°ে āĻĄেāϞিāĻ­াā§°ী āϏেā§ąাā§° āĻ•āϞা āύিāĻ–ুঁāϤ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāχ āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°āϏāĻ•āϞে āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĒā§°া ā§°ুāϟি āĻŦāύোā§ąাā§° āϜ্āĻžাāύ āϤুāϞি āϞāϝ়। āĻ–āĻŽিā§°āϝুāĻ•্āϤ, āĻ…āĻ­েāύāϤ āĻŦেāĻ• āϕ⧰া ā§°ুāϟিāĻ–āύ āĻ­াā§°āϤāϞৈ āĻĒā§°্āϤুāĻ—ীāϜāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āωāĻĒāĻšাā§°।

     [āύāύ্āĻĻāĻ•ুāĻŽাā§° āĻ•াāĻŽāϤ ā§° 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ…āύāϏংāĻ— āϞাāχāĻ­āĻ› āĻ…ā§ą āĻ—োā§ąা āĻĒেāĻĄাā§°'ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏংāĻ•āϞিāϤ]


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. āĻāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āϕ⧰া āĻ াāχ āĻāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦ্ā§°'āϚাā§° āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ•। āĻŦ্ā§°’āϚাā§°āϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦিā§ąā§°āĻŖ āϚাāĻ“āĻ•। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϝোāĻ— āϕ⧰ি āύিāϜ⧰ āĻāĻ•াāωāĻŖ্āϟ āϞিāĻ–āĻ•, āĻĒাāĻ āĻ•āĻ• āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻšীāύ, āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąিāĻ• āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύাāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻĒাāĻ āĻ•āĻ• āĻ াāχāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ।

Group Discussion

1. In groups, collect information on how bakeries bake bread now and how the process has changed over time.

1. āĻ—োāϟāϤ, āĻŦেāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒিāĻ া āϏেā§ąāύ āϕ⧰ে āφ⧰ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāϟো āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϏāϞāύি āĻšৈāĻ›ে āϏেāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏংāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰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• āĻ•েāχāĻŦাāϟাāĻ“ āĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āĻļেāώ āĻšৈ āĻ—ৈ āφāĻ›ে। āϤāϞ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻ•্ā§°াāĻĢ্āϟ āĻŦাāĻ›ি āϞāĻ“āĻ•। āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ় āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে, āφ⧰ু āĻ•āϞাā§° āĻ…ā§ąāύāϤিā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­াā§ą্āϝ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϟোāĻ• āĻāϟা āĻ—োāϟ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻāχ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāϕ⧰্āĻŽāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰াā§° āωāĻĒাāϝ় āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে?

(i) pottery (āĻŽৃā§ŽāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ)

(ii) Batik work  (āĻŦাāϟিāĻ• āĻ•াāĻŽ)

(iii) Dhurri (rug) weaving  (āϧুā§°ি (ā§°āĻ—) āĻŦোā§ąা)

(iv) Embroidery (āĻāĻŽ্āĻŦ্ā§°āϝ়āĻĄাā§°ী)

(v) Carpentry (āĻ•াāĻ āĻŽিāϏ্āϤ্ā§°ী)

(vi) Bamboo weaving  (āĻŦাঁāĻš āĻŦোā§ąা)

(vii) Making just products (āĻ•েā§ąāϞ āϏাāĻŽāĻ—্ā§°ী āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

(viii) Handloom (āĻšāϏ্āϤāϤাঁāϤ)


Type By-Jatin Nath





Post ID: DABP004180