Question

How does the author describes Kathmandu bazaar

Answer 1

The lesson Kathmandu by Vikram Seth is an extract from his book From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet.

Description of Kathmandu bazaar

The author describes the Kathmandu bazaar as a busy place with narrow streets. It is also a religious place with many small shrines adorned with flowers. There are people selling fruits, flute and postcards.

The shops sell all kinds of things such as western costumes, film roles, chocolates, Nepalese antiques and copper utensils.

The streets are noisy with the sound of film songs from radios, bicycle horns, car horns, the sound of stray cows and the vendor's calling out to people.

Answer 2

$<i> The author says that Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets. There are fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate or copper utensils and Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low, vendors shout out their wares. The author buys a com-on- the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the pavement. He also buys coca cola and orange drink.$