*Homework*
1. What excited Rajvir? Why did Pranjol not share his excitement?
2. What do the elders in Goa still love to remember?
3. What do we learn about the financial condition of the bakers of Goa?
4. When did the baker come every day? Why did the children run to meet him?
5. What legends are associated with the origin of tea?
6. How can a baker be recognised?
7. The people of Coorg have a tradition of courage and bravery. How has it been recognized in modern India?
8. Which season is the best to visit Coorg?
9. What proves Kodavu people’s Arab descent?
10. How does Rajvir describe the tea-garden at Dhekiabari?
11. What was the peculiar dress of the bakers during the Portuguese days?
12. Baking was considered essential in a traditional Goan village. What reasons does the writer give to support his point?
13. How are the tea pluckers different from the other farm labourers?
14. What are the two theories regarding the origin of the Kodavu people?
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Answers
1 ) He was influenced by the sprawling tea fields, expanding like a green sea of wetly clipped plants but the main reason why Pranjol did not partake his enthusiasm is that he was brought up in these plantations. In simple terms, Rajvir was amazed to look at the wonderful scenery and a broad variety of green tea fields
2) The elders in Goa were nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese, and their famous loaves of bread.
3) The business of baking in Goa was profitable one as there was much demand in the market for the loaves of bread. People in Goa loved loaves of bread. Because baking was a profitable business the bakers in Goa were rich and prosperous
4) The baker came twice every day, once when he set out in the morning on his selling round, and then again, when he returned after emptying his huge basket. The children ran to meet him not because of their love of the loaf, which was bought by the maid-servant of the house
5) It started in China in the year 2737 BC. Legend states that Chineese emperor Shen Nung while taking walk in countryside one day paused to rest under a tree and boil himself cup of water for drinking. During that moment burst of wind shook tree branch above him and brought many leaves into boiling water.
6) baker can be recognized due to thud and jingle of his traditional bamboo with which he enters. He can also be recognized by their particular dress Kabai- the single piece long frock, reaching down to the knees
7) The Coorgi tradition of courage and bravery has been recognized by awarding the Coorg Regiment with the most number of gallantry awards. Besides, the Coorgis are the only Indians allowed to carry firearms without a license.
8) Coorg is a touristy place all year round and even the monsoon months of June-September is the favored tourist season in Coorg since the beauty of this magnificent hill station is only enhanced .
9) According to the author, the fiercely independent people of Coorg are possibly of Greek or Arabic descent.
10) Rajvir described the tea garden the way he saw them when he went to Dhekiabari Tea Estate
11) kabai
13) Tea-pluckers are different from the other farm labourers because the tea - pluckers are very hard working . They pluck tea by wearing bamboo baskets on their sholders , wearing plastic aprom whereas farm labourers.
14) The first one says that Kodavus have Greek origin. A part of Alexander's army settled here and married among the locals. Their descendents are called Kodavus. The second one proposes that Kodavus are of Arab origin.