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Given below is an excerpt from an interview with Mary Kom, tne boxing legend. Read it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Q : Who has been your biggest inspiration in your journey?
Mary Kom : My biggest inspiration is the legend j Muhammed Ali. He inspired me to take up boxing.
Q : I As a woman who has taken up so many roles, which of your roles is the most challenging that. of a boxer, a home maker, a wife and mother or as a lawmaker in Rajya Sabha?
Mary Kom : I think every role is challenging. Being a woman, being a mother, being a sports person, being a Member of Parliament all of these have been difficult. Handling all these at once is challenging. We, as women face a lot of difficulties.
Q : Since we are talking to an achiever on the occasion of Women’s Day, do you feel we need more women lawmakers in India? Also do you support implementation of 33 percent reservation for women?
Mary Kom : If you ask me, yes. We need to have more women lawmakers. Women are strong and must pursue their dreams at any cost. When I started boxing, nobody believed in me because I am a woman. They said boxing is a man’s game. But see, how things have changed. Today many many more women are taking up this sport. I have taken criticism in my stride and fought to prove people wrong.
Question 1.
Who was Mary Korn’s biggest inspiration? (1)
Answer:
Mary Korn’s biggest inspiration was Muhammed Ali, theAmerican boxing legend.
Question 2.
What does she say about her taking up many roles? (2)
Answer:
About her taking up many roles, Mary Korn says that every role is challenging. She says that being a woman. being a mother, being a sports person, being a Member of Parliament – all of these have been difficult. Handling all these at once is challenging. Women face a lot of diffict)ft)§s just because they are women.
Question 3.
Why didn’t people believe in Mary Kom when she started boxing? (2)
Answer:
When she started boxing’, maHy people did not believe in Mary Korn because she was a woman. They said boxing was a man’s game. But now things have changed.
(Questions 4 – 8) : Answer any four. (4 scores each). (4 × 4 = 16)
Question 4.
The parents in the story crime and punishment don’t like pestering children. They believe that corporal punishment will bring up unhealthy citizens. Do you support this view? Present your ideas either agreeing or disagreeing. (4 sentences).
Answer:
I support the view that corporal punishment will bring up unhealthy citizens. When there is corporal punishment a child obeys its parents or teachers just because he is afraid of punishment. Such punishment instils fear into children and they become cowards.
Children who have got a lot of corporal punishments become sadists and they too will give corporal punishment to others. Fear is a negative quality and it should not be encouraged in the young minds. Children should be daring and they should experiment with things. Then only they will develop to their full potential.
Question 5.
Shaheen wanted to stay back in India. But her parents were not quite willing to let her stay. But Shaheen insisted and persuaded them to let her continue her studies in India. How would you think she must have persuaded her parents to get her wish granted? Develop a telephonic conversation between Shaheen and, her mother. (Eight exchanges).
Answer:
Shaheen’s Mother : Hello Shaheen, Good Morning!
Shaheen : Good Morning, Mom! Has Papa gone to his office?
SM : Yes, he has. I hope you’ve changed your mind about studying in India.
S : No, Mom. I haven’t. In fact I am more determined to study here than before. I feel Mumbai is a much better place for me than the USA for my studies.
SM : Why do you think so, Shaheen?
S : In Mumbai we have some of the best colleges In the world. There is a cosmopolitan crowd here and one can get great exposure. Moreover, Mom, you know that I like doing social service. Here in Mumbai I have greater opportunities to do that.
SM. Shaheen! Are you planning to become another Mother Theresa? Your Papa and I have some great plans for you. We want you to go the USA and continue with your studies there.
S : Mom, I do agree the USA has better opportunities for people. But here in India, I get more opportunities to serve the needy people.It is my passion and I f il0d hope you won’t discourage me.
SM : Are you crazy, Shaheen? I’m sure your Papa will be angry with you.
S : Mom, Papa won’t be angry with me when he comes to know what I am going to do. I saw the slums of Mumbai. I saw the suffering of the people, especially children! I want to do something for the poor people here. Mom, aren’t we Indians? Don’t we have an obligation to do something for our country?
SM : You are too young, Shaheen, and that is why you have such ideas. If you have no money, no good education and no good job, you won’t be happy later.
S : Mom, my happiness is not getting a big degree and making a lot of money. My happiness is in doing something for the country, for the people. I promise I will study plso properly. So don’t worry.
SM : If you insist what can I do? Okay I agree. You may continue staying in India. But don’t forget to study well.
S : thank you. Mom!
Question 6.
A person acting as a Horegallu should never betray the confidence of others. Sudha Murthy says that there is no greater sin than betraying someone’s confidence. Present your views about it in a short paragraph.
Answer:
I quite agree with Sudha Murty when she says that there is no greater sin than betraying someone’s confidence. You are acting as a horegallu, a stone bench, to listen to the problems and worries of other persons without prejudice or judgment. A sorrowful person comes to you and tells you about the matters that cause him sorrow because he has faith in you.
He does not want others to know about his problems. The problem might be a loss he has suffered, a thoughtless action he has done, lack of love from his family members, a secret disease he is suffering from or even a shameful act he has committed. If the horegallu tells one’s secrets to others, he will be breaching the trust the person has placed in him.
Question 7.
Humour is what adds to the spice of life. It reduces the tedium of a tension – ridden existence and makes life healthier. Describe an experience in your life which made you laugh your stomach out.
Answer:
I was going to be 14 when this incident happened. My birthday party was planned and some 50 people, close relatives, were to be invited. The food would be home-made as my parents did not want to spend a lot of money on hotel food. One of the items would be roasted eggs.
Two days before the party, my mother gave me Rs. 250 to buy 50 eggs, as each cost Rs. 5 in the nearby shop. I had heard from my friends that at a nearby poultry farm an egg would cost only Rs. 4. But you have to take a bus to reach that place by paying the minimum fare of Rs. 5. Being quite intelligent I thought like this. If I go to the poultry farm I can get 50 eggs for Rs. 2001 can thus pocket Rs. 50. But I will have to spend Rs. 10 as the bus fare for coming and going. Still I will have Rs. 40 as my own. With that money I could enjoy at least 4 delicious ice creams.
I went to the poultry farm and collected 50 eggs. The eggs were put in a plastic bag and I boarded the bus. The bus was crowded. I moved to a corner holding the bag containing the eggs in front of me. „ The bus began to go fast. Suddenly I heard a screech of brakes. I crashed against the corner and all the eggs got broken. My dress was dripping with the liquid of egg whites and yolks when I went home crying! When I recollect this incident I still laugh.
Question 8.
The literary club of your school decides to enact the play The Hour of Truth’ in Connection with your school anniversary celebration&.prepare a script for announcing the programme. You may include the following details:
• play
• direction
• time and venue
• actors
• script
• background
Answer:
ANNOUNCEMENT:
In connection with our school anniversary celebrations the play “The Hour of Truth” by Percival Wilde will be staged by the members of our Literary Club, It will be staged in the Assembly Hall. The date is 2 December 2019 and the time is 3.00 p.m. It will be directed by the Mithun Menon, Secretary of the Literary Club. The Actors are Abu Mohammed, Vipin Joy, Sania Mathew and Chandrika Raman – all students of +2 in this school.
It is the story of honesty and how well one’s honesty is rewarded. Robert Baldwin works for John Gresham, a banker. Gresham misappropriates a lot of money and he is in trouble. The only person who can help him is Robert. If Robert says “I don’t remember” in the court, Gresham will be saved. Gresham offers 100,000 dollars as a bribe to Robert just to say “I don’t remember” in the court when he is questioned about the misappropriation. But Robert, in spite of his need for money and the promptings by his wife Martha, son John, daughter Evie, decides to be honest. What reward he gets for his honesty will be seen on the stage. The play proves the proverb “Honesty is the best policy.”
Question 9.
Report the following conversation:
Boy : Tell me a story
Teacher: You haven’t done a sum. It’s eight-thirty.
Boy : I don’t care for sums. Tell me a story.
Teacher: No
Answer:
The boy asked his teacher to tell him a story. The teacher said that the boy had not done the sum he was given and it was 8.30. The boy said he did not care for sums and repeated his demand for the story. The teacher’s response was in the negative.
Question 10.
Edit the following passage:
The higher education is that which does not merely gives us information, but make our life at harmony with alt existences (4)
Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined words with an appropriate idiomatic expression from the bracket.
Answer:
Corrected version:
Higher education is that which does not merely give us information, but makes our life in harmony with our existence.
Points corrected:
- No need for The before higher education.
- gives-give
- make – makes
- at – in
- all-our
Question 11.
I’m not very fond of movies. I go to theatres very rarely only when there is a movie which I really want to see. (1) (Once in a Blue Moon, the Last Straw, Sit on The Fence).
Answer:
once in a blue moon
Fill in the blank with an appropriate phrasal verb from the bracket.
Question 12.
Don’t smoke in the forest. Fires easily at the time of the year. (pass away, look forward to, break out) (1)
Answer:
breakout
Questions (13-18) Answer any five (Five scores each). (5 × 5 = 25)
Question 13.
Irfan Alam the Founder and Chairman of Samman Foundatioh visits your school to inaugurate the National Youth Day celebrations. You get an opportunity to interview Irfan Alam. Draft five questions you wquld ask him.
Answer:
a) Sir, please tell us something about your educational background.
b) What was the immediate reason that prompted you to found SammaaN?
c) What was the reaction of your parents when you told them about your plans of starting SammaaN?
d) Were you confident that you would succeed?
e) What advice would you give us to succeed in life?
Question 14.
The academic system at Xavier’s was different from the system in the U,S. Here a far more bookish form of learning replaced the academic rigour and intellectual stimulation. “I had received in Massachusetts”, says Shaheen Mistri. If you are attending a panel discussion on “Experiential Learning V s Bookish Form of Learning”. What will be your points? Prepare a short paragraph consolidating your points.
Answer:
I would very definitely prefer Experiential Learning to Bookish Form of Learning. In Experiential Learning, there is academic rigour and intellectual stimulation. There you learn by doing. Practical work is more important than book learning. In bookish learning, only the theory is emphasized and the practical part is almost relegated to an insignificant position. Stress is given to rote learning. In bookish learning what is tested is one’s memory power and not his practical abilities.
Bookish learning kills enthusiasm for learning. Only when you do things you are stimulated to do better things and. you understand the theories better. Unfortunatelysiin1 India even today many
schools still use the chalk-board method where the teacher simply writes the theory and solves some problems on the blackboard. We should know that to be a good driver, you ought to drive the car. It is not enough to learn the theory of driving. It is practice that makes one perfect in his job.
Question 15.
“The height’s of harmony can be attained by nurturing some qualities and following certain principles that are essential to maintain the social fabric of human relations”. In the light of your understanding the story Amigo Brothers!, prepare the script for blog entry about this.
Answer:
The heights of harmony can be attained by nurturing some qualities and following certain principles that are essential to maintain the social fabric of human relations. There is no need for competition all the time for success. Even co-operation can bring success to people. Here is an example to show how even in a fight between two, both the contestants can win. It is a story titled “Amigo Brothers” written by Piri Thomas. The story impressed me greatly. It is about friendship. I want you all to read this story. I’m sure you will enjoy it.
Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both 17. They were so together in friendship that they felt like brothers. They had known each other from childhood. They grew up in the same building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They both had a dream – becoming a light-weight champion of the world.
Whenever they got a chance they exercised. They would run everyday morning. They had a collection of fight magazines. They also kept the torn tickets of all the boxing matches they had gone to see. They also had some clippings of their own.
After a series of elimination bouts, they were told that they were to meet each other in the’ division finals which would be 2 weeks away. The winner- would represent the Boys’ Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament.
They were in a big fix. They both wanted to win. But neither of them wanted to defeat the other. Tjiey decided to go into the ring as if they had never met. They had to fight it out.
The fight was at Tompkins Square Park. The Park was full of people as the fight was well publicised. Antonio and Felix enterthe ring. The crowd explodes into a roar. The referee whistles to start the fight. The fight is on. Punches fly back and forth but none is floored. Each punch is applauded thunderously by the crowd.
It is now the 3rd round. Each contestant wants to win. They punch each other very hard. Nobody falls tolhe canvas. The final bell rings. But the fight continues. The Bell rings again and again. But there obis no stopping to the fighting. People start getting worried. It looks as if they are witnessing a do or die fight and not a mere contest. There is utter silence. Then the refereSL’dnd the trainers separate the contestants.
Now the contestants embrace. They have forgotten they were fighting like bulls up to a moment ago. The announcer makes an announcement. He is trying to name the winner. But Antonio and Felix had left like good old friends, arm in arm, declaring their bond offriendship.
Question 16.
“I always’compare women to matchboxes. Why? Because of the way matchboxes are”. This is how Ashapurna Debi’s short story‘Matchbox’ begins. Do you think Nomita, the heroine of the story behaves like a matchbox? Prepare the character sketch of Nomita in a short paragraph.
Answer:
Nomita is the wife of Ajit, They live in a joint family. Altogether there are 26 members in that family. Nomita comes from a very poor family. But she is very beautiful and that is how she gets married into a rich family. Her mother, who is a widow, was the one who managed to find a rich boy for her daughter. Nomita has no brothers or sisters. She is referred to as ‘queen’ by her mother.
Her mother frequently writes to Nomita requesting her for money. She used to write in postcards which could be read by anyone. Nomita is ashamed that her mother is always begging for money. To prevent others from reading, Nomita asks her mother to write letters in an envelope. The requests are so frequent that Ajit says that there is no need for reading the letter, but send some money to tier. Nomita also secretly helps her mother. It seemsher mother is very demanding and shameless as shp goes on begging.
One day while ppllecting the soiled clothes for giving to the washer-man, Nomita sees a letter in the pocket of Ajit. It is torn and crumpled. It is addressed to her and from the postmark it is obvious that Ajit got it some 3 days earlier. But he had not told anything about it. Nomita is unhappy because Ajit reads the letters addressed to her. She had told him many times not to do it.
He says he is checking to see if any love letter is sent to her by somebody. At this point Nomita gets angry and tells him that he is a common, vulgar man. This enrages Ajit and he says she is a dung-picker’s daughter. He will do what he wants to and what can she about it?
Nomita, flaming with anger, picks a matchbox and lights a stick and puts it on her sari which instantly catches fire. Ajit rushes and with his bare hands he puts out the fire telling her that she loses her common sense when she is angry. Nomita can be very sarcastic and can make faces effectively. She can easily tell lies as she calmly says her sari got burned as she was taking down a hot pot from the stove.
Nomita is good at making retorts. When her sister- in-law accuses her of rushing to Ajit at every small opportunity, she asks her to come and peek into her room to see what is happening there. Nomita can forget things fast. Soon after the burning of the sari, she is ready to peel potatoes. Even while peeling potatoes she is thinking how she can help her mother by sending her some moneys obox:
Nomita seems to be a snob. She has forgotten that she came from a poor family. She calls Ajit a ‘common’ and vulgar man, forgetting that she is a common girl gifted with some beauty. People who forget their past are not good people. She seems to have forgotten her roots.
Question 17.
“And this, O Fate, is I think the most vicious circle that thou ever seatest, that Man has to go continually to dentist to keep his teeth in good condition when the chief reason he wants his teeth in good condition is so that he won’t have to go to the dentist.
a) Identify the figure of speech used in the lines. (1)
b) Bring out the irony employed by the poet. (2)
c) Identify the poet and the poem.(2)
Answer:
a) Irony
b) The irony is that a man goes to the dentist to keep his teeth in good condition so that he does not have to go to a dentist. But the dentist will ask him to go back to him at the end of three months. And this vicious circle continues.
c) The poet is Ogden Nash, who is an American.
Question 18.
“Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father’s saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbours’
a) Identify the figure of speech used in the lines. (1)
b) Why does the poet say that his neighbour is moving in darkness? (2)
c) Do you think ‘Good fences make good neighbours’. Why? (2)
Answer:
a) Simile
b) The old-stone savage is a hunter and so naturally he has to move in the darkness of woods and shades of trees not to frighten away the animals he is planning to hunt. Like the savage, the neighbour is also moving in darkness so that he may not be seen by the poet.
c) I do think ‘Good fences make good neighbours. If there are no fences, no controls, there will be havoc. Your home and your compound is yours and you don’t want even your neighbour to come there often and disturb your peace and privacy. So, good fences enable neighbours to keep up good relations.
Questions from (19 – 22) : Arlswer any two as directed (Eight scores each). (8× 2 = 16)
19. The Anti Narcotic Club in your School has decided to conduct a seminar on ‘Dangelrs of Drug Abuse’ in your school. Read the programme details given below and prepare a report of the seminar.
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Dangers of Drug Abuse Venue : School Auditorium! Time : 10 a.m. Date : 20.02.2019 Programme Prayer: School Choir Welcome speech : Mr. Venugopalan M.G (Principal) Presidential address: Dr. Kumaresh, Director, Anti Narcotic Cell Inauguration: Dr. Satheesh Chandran, IAS Felicitation : Smt. Sathi, Ward Councillor Paper presentation: 1) Sensual Drugs and Medicines : Adithya 2) Drug Addiction and Personality Adithya disorders : Vennila 3) Physical Impacts of Drug Abuse : Varsha 4) Mental Impacts of Drug Abuse : Vichithra 5) Social Impacts of Drug Abuse : Sangeetha |
Answer:
A Report on the Seminar on Drug Abuse Conducted on 20.2.2019
The seminar started at 10 am in the school auditorium. It began with a prayer by the School choir.
It was followed by the Welcome Speech by Mr. Venugopalan M.G., the Principal. Presidential Address was by Dr. Kumaresh, Director, Anti Narcotic Cell. The inauguration was done by Dr Satheesh Chandran IAS. There was Felicitation by Smt. Sathi, ’ the Ward Councillor.
There were 5 Paper Presentations. The first orife was by Adithya who spoke about Sensual Drugs and Medicines. It was followed by the Paper titled “Drug Addiction and Personality Disorders” by Vennila. The 3rd Paper was by Varsha and it was entitled “Physical Impacts of Drug Abuse”. The 4th paper was on “Mental Impacts of Drug Abuse” presented by Vichithra. The final Paper was titled “Social Impacts of Drug Abuse” and it was by Sangeetha. All the Papers were highly informative and the people present learned a lot of things about Drug Abuse – its causes, effects and solutions.
The Paper Presentation was followed by Vote of Thanks by the School Leader, Krishna. The function came to a close at 1 o’clock with the National Anthem.
Question 20.
The contrast between the nostalgic expectations and reality as presented in the poem ‘Rice’ by Chemmanam Chacko reminds us of some harsh realities such as the disastrous vanishing of the vast stretches of water logged paddy fields and our indigenous varieties of food crops. Instead of a system of values, we have the market ruling us, making decisions for us. In the light of your understanding of the poem you decide to prepare d article on preserving agriculture and indigenous farming for sustainable development’ to be published in the school magazine.
Answer:
Preserving Agriculture and Indigenous Farming
for
Sustainable Development
As I began to write this article the poem “Rice” by Chemmanam Chacko echoed in my mind. The son of a rice farmer goes to North India to do a research oh making toys with rice husk. He works hard for four years, eating chappati day after day. Finally at the end of four years he succeeds in getting a doctorate degree. He must have thought of doing research on the possibilities of husk because as the son of a rice farmer, he had plenty of husk at home and also in the homes nearby. By using husk for toy making, a lot of people could find employment in a State notorious for unemployment.
But then there is an anticlimax. When the son returns home with his hard-earned doctorate on making toys with husk, there is no husk at all in his house or in the houses aroundiThe farmers there had shifted to cash crops like rubber as they found rice cultivation inconvenient and non-profitable. Moreover a lot of incentives were given by the promoters to cultivate cash crops. The son finds.his father watching people setting up a machine for making rubber sheets. All the paddy fields are gone and in their places what he sees are the rubber trees and deal-wood trees.
There is biting sarcasm in the description of the Chief Minister flying to the Centre to request for more food grains to feed the people here. The son comes home to eat rice after getting fed up with chapattis made of wheat flour. But his wish can’t be fulfilled because here also he has to eat things made of wheat flour as there is no rice. H is doctoral degree is now useless as there is no husk to make toys.
The disappearance of paddy fields and our indigenous varieties of food crops has landed us in deep trouble. The rice fields used to hold plenty of rain water, but now the water runs off into the sea. We face water shortage now as the underground water level has diminished. Lack of indigenous varieties of food has made us depend on food got from other States. These are often contaminated with all kinds of pesticides and unhealthy chemicals. By shifting to cash crops we have made a losing bargain.
Question 21.
Mary Korn, the boxing legend etched her name in history by winning an unprecedented sixth gold in 48 kg category at the Women’s World Championships in New Delhi last month. She is truly an empowered woman who dared the difference and broke stereotypes. On the occasion of Women’s Day celebrations of your school. You would like to speak about Women daring the difference and stepping outside their comfort zones to empower themselves. Prepare the script of a speech you would deliver.
Answer:
Respected Principal, teachers and my dear students. Today we are celebrating Women’s Day. Therefore I would like to speak about Women daring the difference and stepping outside their comfort zones to empower themselves. We saw how Mary Korn won her 6lh Gold in the 48 kg category in the Women’s World Championships a few months ago. It is a great pity that we Indians speak very highly of women, but they do not show much respect to them in their actions.
They will say woman is the mother, devi, guru and the light of the home. They even name their daughters with names of goddesses and saintly persons. Even in oUr own school, we have so many Lakshmis and Saraswatis, Aishas and Khadeejas and Marys and Theresas. But do they receive the respect they deserve from the society? Even in the buses and roads they are troubled and teased; We hear of so many crimes against women every day. Rapes and murder of women have ceased to shock people as they have become everyday affairs.
I say we are doing only lip-service to women. Even in Kerala which has more women than men, women are not given their rights. Look at the number of women candidates in the Lok Sabha elections for 2019. We have three coalitions in Kerala, UDF, LDF and NDA. Each of these groups is fielding 20 candidates for the 20 Lok Sabha seats.
What percentage of women candidates do they field? Just 20%. No political party is free from this fault. Women don’t get equal pjjy0yvjth men in non¬governmental services. A i^n gets Rs. 800 a day but a woman is given only Rs.400. although she is doing similar or even harder work than the man. Women are refused opportunities for employment because employers feel that married women will take maternity leave.
I strongly feel that the Parliament and State Assemblies should have equal number of men and women representatives. Men have no business keeping women under a patriarchal system. Let the women also feel they are persons with the dignity and freedom that men enjoy in our society.
We have to change our mindset Man and woman are created as equals and they Should be treated equally by the society in all walks of life. We have the shining examples of Indira Gandhjand Kalpana Chawla who dared the difference and made themselves immortal in the minds of Indians. As I urge all the women here to fight for their rights, I wish them success in their endeavours.
Jai Hind!
Question 22.
Read the following a vertisement and prepare an – application for the job of a teacher. Also attach your resume.
| Hurry! XYZ Education Centre Waiting for excellent teachers Here is a golden chance for young dynamic talents to mould future citizens. Take the lead in creating the leaders.• Age not above 35 years• Post graduation (in any subject) with not less than 80% marks• Fluency in English • Aptitude for teaching • Social Commitment • Apply within 10 days |
Answer:
From: Riya Binoy
15/XVI Azad Road
Irinjalakuda North P.O.
Dt. Thrissur- PIN 680 121
Mobile: 8547028264555
email: Rivab@amail.com
22 February 2019
To: The Manager
XYZ Education Centre
Kozhijkode
Dear Sir,
Sub : Application for the post of a Teacher
This has reference to your advertisement appearing in the “Malayala Manorama” dated 20 April 2019, inviting applications forthe posts of Teachers.
I have M.A. (English Litt.) and also B.Ed. In both I had more than 85% marks. I am quite fluent in English. I have an aptitude for teaching and I am a person with social commitment. I had been the College Magazine Editor while I was doing my M.A. at St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda.
My detailed Resume is enclosed herewith. I am also enclosing copies of my original, certificates. The originals will be presented at the time of the Interview.
I hope my application will find favour with you and I will be soon called for an interview.
Thanking you cordially.
Yours faithfully.
(Riya Binoy)
RESUME OF RlYA BINOY:
(Objective: To teaon in an Institution so that I can utilize my talentsT6r‘ the welfare of the society by moulding responsive citizens.)
| 1. Name : Riya Binoy 2. Age and Date of Birth : 23 years, 1 March 1996 3. Nationality : Indian 4. Marital Status : Single 5. Sex : Female 6. Educational Qualifications:
7. I worked as a part time English Teacher in Parallel Colleges during summer vacations.
11. References:
I hereby declare that the details given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Riya Binoy) |
Question 23.
To listen to K. Satchidanandan is to-be reminded that there are beautiful and different perspectives. Read the excerpt from his poem ‘The Mad’ and compare it with ‘Stammer’ focussing on their theme and significances, poetic devices employed, language and structure.
The Mad
The mad have no caste or religion.
They transcend gender,
live outside ideologies. We
do not deserve their innocence
Their language is not of dreams but
of another reality. Their love
is moonlight. It
overflows on a full moon day.
Looking up they see
gods we have never heard of They are
shaking their wings when
we fancy they are shrugging.
their shoulders. They bold
even flies have souls,
and the green god of grasshoppers
leaps up on thin legs.
In a single day they reach
The big bang at the beginning
They go on walking restless for
their earth is boiling still.
The mad are not
mad like us.
Answer:
K. Satchidanandan’s poems remind us that there are beautiful and different perspectives. We know that one man’s meat is another man’s poison arid one man’s religion is another man’s madness. Abraham Lincoln had said long ago, “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
In his poem “Stammer”, Satchidanandan tells us that stammer is not a handicap. Stammer is the silence that falls between the word and its meaning. 1 Did stammer come before language or after it? Is it only a dialect or language itself? Even linguists stammer at this question. When a whole people stammer, it becomes their mother tongue just as it is with us now. God too must have stammered when he created man. That is why all the words of man carry different meanings.
“Stammer” is a. short poem written in very simple language. We can say it is poetic prose. There is a lot of ironyand sarcasm in the poem. Rhetorical questions abound. The poet is not afraid of finding fault with the society and even with God. It is a daring poem looking at stammer from the different perspective.
“The Mad” by Satchidanandan views mad people with sympathy and understanding. To him the mad have no caste and religion. They live outside ideologies. They are often innocent. Their language is not Of dreams but of reality. Their love extends to all. Looking up they see gods whom we can’t see. When they are shrugging their shoulders, they are flying. They give importance to even the smallest creatures. For them the earth has not cooled yet for permanent stay and that is why we see them restless and walking all the time.
Satchidanandan concludes his poem by affirming that the mad people are not mad like us. We, the so-called sane people, fight and kill one another in the name of religion and ‘isms’. The mad people at least never kill others in the name of religion or any political leaning. The language of the poem is simple. Here again we can say Satchidanandan uses poetic prose. There are run-on sentences. There is irony and paradox here. Metaphors are abundant.
An example is Their love is moonlight. There is personification. There is also simile “The mad are not mad like us”. Between the two poems, I prefer “The Mad” because it gives us a very positive message, asking us to be tolerant and not fanatical in our religious beliefs or ideology.