Glimpses of India · Class 10 English · First Flight: 60 flashcards
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1. What are the elders of Goa nostalgic about?
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The good old Portuguese days, and the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread.
2. What is the Goan village baker called?
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A pader.
3. Give three signs that bread-making is still alive in Goa.
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The mixers, moulders and bakers are still there; the old furnaces still stand with their fire unextinguished; and the baker's bamboo can still be heard in some places.
4. How does the writer show the profession passes down a family?
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He says the father may not be alive, but the son still carries on the family profession.
5. How often did the baker come, and when?
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At least twice a day — once on his morning selling round, and again after emptying his huge basket.
6. What was the baker to the children of the house?
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A friend, companion and guide.
7. Why did the children run to meet the baker?
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Not for the loaves, which the maid-servant bought, but for the bread-bangles they chose carefully, and sometimes a sweet bread of special make.
8. Describe the baker's arrival.
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He made a musical entry with the 'jhang, jhang' of his bamboo staff, one hand steadying the basket on his head while the other struck the staff against the ground.
9. What did the baker do on reaching a house?
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He greeted the lady of the house with 'Good morning' and placed his basket on the vertical bamboo before the loaves were delivered to the servant.
10. What did the children do after being pushed aside?
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They climbed a bench or the parapet and peeped into the basket somehow.
11. What is a must as a marriage gift in Goa?
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The sweet bread known as bol — without it marriage gifts are meaningless.
12. What must the lady of the house prepare for a daughter's engagement?
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Sandwiches.
13. What is a must for Christmas and other festivals?
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Cakes and bolinhas.
14. Why is the baker's furnace absolutely essential to the village?
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Because no marriage, engagement, feast or festival can take place without the breads only he can bake.
15. What was the kabai?
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The peculiar dress of the old Goan baker — one long piece of cloth falling to the knee.
16. What did bakers wear in the writer's childhood?
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A shirt and trousers that were cut somewhere between full length and half pants.
17. Who invites the comment 'he is dressed like a pader'?
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Anyone who wears half pants reaching just below the knees.
18. How and when was the baker paid?
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He came round for his money once the month was over, and monthly accounts were recorded on some wall in pencil.
19. What proof does the writer give that baking was profitable?
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Nobody in a baker's household ever went hungry and always looked happy and prosperous; their plump physique was open testimony to it.
20. What does a 'jackfruit-like appearance' mean?
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A pleasantly fat, well-fed body — the shape by which a prosperous baker was recognised, and a comparison still made today.
21. Where is Coorg?
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Halfway along the road from Mysore down to the coast at Mangalore — the smallest district of Karnataka.
22. By what other name is Coorg known?
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Kodagu.
23. How does the writer describe Coorg in his opening sentence?
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As a fragment of heaven that seems to have floated down out of a god’s kingdom.
24. What proportion of Coorg is covered by evergreen rainforest?
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Thirty per cent of the district.
25. When is the best season to visit Coorg, and why not earlier?
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From September till March, the pleasant season; the monsoon rain is heavy enough to drive most visitors away.
26. What does the air of Coorg smell of?
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Invigorating coffee — the district's coffee estates stand under tree canopies.
27. What is the story of the Kodavus' Greek descent?
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That part of Alexander's army travelled south down the coast and stayed in Coorg when going home stopped being practical, marrying among the local people.
28. What evidence supports the theory of Arab origin?
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The kuppia — the long black coat that Kodavu men wear with an embroidered belt at the waist — resembles the kuffia worn by Arabs and Kurds.
29. In what ways is Kodavu culture said to differ from the Hindu mainstream?
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In its martial traditions and in its marriage and religious rites.
30. What two traditions do Coorgi homes have?
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A tradition of hospitality, and of recounting numerous tales of valour about their sons and fathers.
31. What is said about the Coorg Regiment?
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It is one of the most decorated regiments in the Indian Army.
32. Who was General Cariappa?
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The first Chief of the Indian Army — and a Coorgi.
33. What unique privilege do the Kodavus have?
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No other community in India may keep firearms without a licence; the Kodavus may.
34. Where does the river Kaveri get its water?
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From the hills and forests of Coorg.
35. What fish abound in the Kaveri here?
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Mahseer — a large freshwater fish.
36. Why do squirrels and langurs drop partly eaten fruit into the river?
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Out of pure mischief — for the pleasure of watching the splash and the rings spreading in the clear water.
37. List the adventure sports Coorg offers.
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River rafting, canoeing, rappelling, rock climbing and mountain biking — besides numerous walking trails for trekkers.
38. What does the climb to the Brahmagiri hills give the visitor?
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A panoramic view of the entire misty landscape of Coorg.
39. What is Nisargadhama, and how is it reached?
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A sixty-four-acre island, reached by a walk across a rope bridge.
40. Who might a visitor meet near Coorg, and from where?
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Buddhist monks in red, ochre and yellow robes from Bylakuppe close by, the biggest Tibetan settlement in the country.
41. Who are Rajvir and Pranjol?
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Classmates at a school in Delhi; Pranjol is from Assam, where his father manages a tea-garden in Upper Assam, and he has invited Rajvir home for the summer vacation.
42. How does the section begin?
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With a vendor calling 'Chai-garam, garam-chai' at the train window; Pranjol asks for two cups and the boys sip the steaming hot liquid.
43. What detail shows how common tea-drinking is?
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Almost everyone in their compartment was drinking tea too.
44. How many cups of tea are drunk daily worldwide, according to Rajvir?
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Over eighty crore cups every day throughout the world.
45. What was Pranjol doing while Rajvir looked out of the window?
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He had buried his nose in his detective book — though Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories.
46. What replaced the paddy fields as the train went on?
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Tea bushes — a sea of them stretching as far as the eye could see.
47. Describe the view of the tea garden from the train.
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Against densely wooded hills, a sea of tea bushes with tall sturdy shade-trees dwarfing them, doll-like figures moving among orderly rows, and an ugly building with smoke billowing from tall chimneys.
48. How did Pranjol react to Rajvir's excitement?
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He did not share it. Born and brought up on a plantation, he said it was tea country now and that Rajvir would see enough gardens to last him a lifetime.
49. What does Pranjol say about Assam's plantations?
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That no region on earth has as many plantations packed into it as Assam.
50. What is the Chinese legend about the discovery of tea?
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An emperor who always boiled his water found that a few leaves from the twigs burning under the pot fell in and gave it a delicious flavour; they are said to have been tea leaves.
51. What is the Indian legend about the discovery of tea?
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Bodhidharma, a Buddhist ascetic of long ago, removed his own eyelids because he grew drowsy while meditation; ten tea plants grew out of them, and their leaves in hot water banished sleep.
52. How many tea plants grew from Bodhidharma's eyelids?
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Ten.
53. When and where was tea first drunk?
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In China, as far back as 2700 BC.
54. Which words does Rajvir say come from Chinese?
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Tea, 'chai' and 'chini'.
55. When did tea come to Europe, and how was it taken?
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Only in the sixteenth century, and it was drunk more as medicine than as a beverage.
56. At which junction did the boys leave the train?
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Mariani junction.
57. What is the name of the tea garden they go to, and who manages it?
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Dhekiabari Tea Estate, managed by Pranjol's father, Mr Barua.
58. What did the boys pass on the gravel road inside the estate?
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Acre upon acre of tea bushes neatly pruned to the same height, and pluckers moving in groups with bamboo baskets on their backs, wearing plastic aprons.
59. What is the second flush?
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The sprouting period that lasts from May to July and yields the best tea.
60. How did Mr Barua react to Rajvir's knowledge of the second flush?
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He was surprised, and said that Rajvir seemed to have done his homework before coming.
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