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  Character Sketch: Maggie Maggie is the central character in the story "The Price of Flowers" written by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay. Maggie’s or Alice Margaret Clifford, is a young English girl of 13 or 14 years of age whom Mr. Gupta meets in a restaurant. Her clothes betray her poverty. Her hair hung in a heavy stream down her back. She had large eyes with a sad expression. She works in a shop close the restaurant as a typist. She goes to the restaurant only on Saturdays because Saturday is pay day. Maggie is hardworking. She lives with her old mother in a small house in the poor neighbourhood of Lambeth. Her only brother, Francis, is in the army and he is in India. She loves her brother very much and he too loves her.  She loves her mother. She nurses her when she is sick. She is very disciplined and has polite manners. Maggie is not happy with her work in the shop. She says it is a mechanical job. She wants a job in which her brain can be used. When she gets a better ...

                                             1. Why was the narrator’s attention drawn to the English girl? Mr. Gupta, an Indian, visiting England, once went to a Vegetarian restaurant. He saw an English girl of 13 or 14, sitting opposite to him, watching him with interested surprise. But she turned her eyes away as soon as he looked at her. The girl’s interest in him drew his attention. 2. What is your impression of the girl? The girl, Maggie, is a teenager from a poor family. Her clothes betray her poverty. Her large eyes with a sorrowful expression move our minds. When she saw the narrator, her belief that an Indian, who is a yogi, can find something about her brother through the crystal ring and   that is why she watches him so closely. Then she asks the cashier to find out if he is an Indian and if he comes to that particular restaurant all the time....

 

  And Then Gandhi Came   1.     What is referred to as the “all-powerful monster”?   The brutal, oppressive and humiliating British colonial rule that denied the Indian people the right to live respectfully is referred as all powerful monster .   2.     What was the impact of the First World War?   The first world war had already caused enough suffering in the Indian sub-continent. The Indian soldiers fought alongside with the British forces. When the war ended, the people thought that the British would be more lenient but they humiliated the people with more oppressive legislations and imposed martial rule in the Province of Punjab. People thought that they had become a derelict nation and felt hopeless and helpless. Unemployment and poverty worsened.   3.     How does Nehru describe the coming of Gandhiji?   Jawaharlal Nehru describes the coming of Gandhiji in beautiful words. He co...

 

  Rice Chemmanam Chacko Summary of the Poem Rice is a poem about the dreams and the reality of that the poet faces. He returns from North India, after four years of studies. He has received his Doctorate in fine arts, as well as ample praise, for his skill in making toys from husk. On his return, he hopes nostalgically, of eating athikira rice to his heart’s content. It is a dream every Keralite has when they return to their home land. He imagines his father ploughing the paddy fields, with several oxen, and his little brother carrying tender saplings through the dyke. When they see him coming, they would stop ploughing, and enquire about his journey. His brother will shout loud, for his mother to hear, of the poet’s home coming. The poet dreams that his mother will be draining the water out of the well-cooked rice, and he is in good time for lunch. He thinks that the train is moving too slow. He asks the train to move a little faster. The second part of the poem is i...

 

 

         A Poem by K Satchidanandan The poem Stammer was originally written in Malayalam by K Satchidanandan and later translated into English. Stammer (British English) or stuttering (American English) is regarded as a handicap and approximately one percent of the world’s population suffer from stuttering. For them simple social situations can be a humiliating experience. There’s a constant worry that what you’ll be called in class, then the terror of public speaking and, of course, the relentless bullying that comes with being a kid with a speech impediment. On the surface, stuttering is a speech disorder caused by the involuntary repetition or prolongation of certain words and consonants, but the factors that cause stuttering range from genetics, child development, neurophysiology, and family dynamics. Moreover, stuttering can cause severe anxiety, stress and depression in people who suffer from it. There are many grea...

  Activities of SammaaN Foundation Better HEALTH 1. Medical Ambulances Sammaan Foundation provides “Medical Ambulance Services” in all the districts of Bihar. These ambulances are equipped with advanced lifesaving equipment and critical drugs. 2. Mobile Medical Units Providing health care services for people living in remote areas are a big challenge for the state of Bihar, because of the state’s lack of transport system, economic condition of the people, and lack of ample hospitals. Sammaan foundation has taken health services to the doorstep of the people by providing Mobile Medical Unit.   3. Mortuary Vans Building on the belief of providing dignity for all, including dead, Sammaan Foundation has been operating mortuary van service in an institutionalized manner since 2013. The service is provided free of cost for people living below poverty line.   Sustainable LIVELIHOOD and Financial Inclusion 1. Cycle and eRickshaws: Since 2007, S...