Question

Answer any one of the following question in 80-100 words.
"All times, I used to regret not going to school, so I made sure that my children and grandchildren study well. "With reference to Krishtakka's saying, do you agree that one understands the importance of something that one does not have in one's life ? What does it reflect about the character and values of the speaker ?
OR
How does the poem, 'The Brook' teach the value of generosity, courtesy and benevolence ? Which values out of these do you think are missing and need to be imbibed by our young generation ?

Answer 1

Value Points : One understands the importance of something only when it is not present in one’s life.

Due to society’s restrictions, Krishtakka could not study at the right age.

Always missed studying and learning.

Realised the importance of education, especially when she found herself to be completely dependent on her granddaughter

Granddaughter, despite being a girl, was made literate by her grandmother - keeping in mind the void she had felt in her life all along.

Grandmother - quite radical, liberal, modern in making her children and grandchildren literate

when she herself had been the victim of society's restrictions.

Grandmother - determined - in making her granddaughter literate by going against the society norms.

Detailed Answer: One understands  the importance of something only when it is not present in one’s life. Due to society’ 5 restrictions, Krishtakka could not study at the right age. But she always missed studying and learning. She realised the importance of education, especially when she found herself to be completely dependent on her granddaughter. She felt helpless when she couldn’t read ’Karamveera’, a weekly magazine. She made her granddaughter literate despite her being a girl. In doing so, she had to go against the society norms. She did so keeping in mind the void she had felt in her life all along. We can call the grandmother quite radical, liberal and modern in making her children and grandchildren literate when she herself had been the victim of society’ 5 restrictions.

OR 

Value Points: The brook is generous, it deposits silt across its bank throughout the way; it nourishes the soil and prevents soil erosion.

Courteous-as it never repels anything but draws everything along.

Today’s generation misses the quality of courtesy above everything else. This needs to be imbibed.

 Detailed Answer: The poet draws a parallelism between the journey of a brook and the humans. The brook is generous. It deposits silt across its banks throughout the way. It nourishes the soil and prevents soil erosion. The brook is also very courteous as it never repels anything but draws everything along. Just like the journey of the brook, humans also have to pass through various ups and downs in life. Like the brook, we, too, have to overcome them and move on, forgetting mutual differences. Today’ 5 generation misses the quality of courtesy as well as patience above everything else. This needs to be imbibed.