Question

B.A. (P) 2nd Year (Annual Mode)
English A
M.M: 100
Attempt both questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
(Write your Name and Roll No. on each page of your answer sheet.)
Attempt any one of the following, in around 500 words, with detailed references
to the text.
Compare the character of Anita Satpute, in the article 'Sole Provider, Lonely
Warrior' with that of Saroj Chawla in the short story ‘A Mother's Decision.'
OR​

Answer 1

Answer:

poorer than they were. Don’t miss the resentment in her narrative. Satpute believes that it was

her parents’ anxiety to marry her that condemned her to a life of poverty. Whereas her sisters

and brothers are all well-settled, with large homes and cars, she is forced to clean other

people’s houses. To retain the force of the anger in Satpute’s account, the writer quotes it in

the original Hindi, though a translation has been added alongside.

‘Sab ameer hai, sab ke paas chaar kamron ka flat hai, car hai, scooter hai.

Meri hi zindagi kharab hai.’ (They are all rich. They have four-room flats,

cars, scooters. Only my life is spoilt.)

(p. 40)

At the same time she is proud of her relatively richer relatives and even has a photograph

of her sister on the wall of her flat. While her sisters managed to get good jobs with the help

of their husbands, Satpute’s illiterate husband pushed her into domestic work, even though she

had received some basic education. Anil Satpute does not exert himself or work hard to

increase his income and is content to sit and earn whatever little he can. Satpute is different and

wants to improve the lives of her children, but she is alone in this desire. She gets no appreciation

for all her hard work and sacrifices and has to listen to her husband’s nagging......

Explanation:

B.A. (P) 2nd Year (Annual Mode)

English A

M.M: 100

Attempt both questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

(Write your Name and Roll No. on each page of your answer sheet.)

Attempt any one of the following, in around 500 words, with detailed references

to the text.

Compare the character of Anita Satpute, in the article 'Sole Provider, Lonely

Warrior' with that of Saroj Chawla in the short story ‘A Mother's Decision.'

OR.....