Kondiba was blind. Yet he became a hero. What qualities of Kondiba helped him change his life and become a hero?Write in about 100words.
( Nios Secondary Course English)
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Answer:
First of all write full queston not only half question ok
Step-by-step explanation:
Kondiba’s heart was beating painfully, he badly needed to breathe. He felt desperately for
something to hold in order to pull Arvind up and out of the net he was in. Suddenly, he felt
Arvind’s belt! Holding it tightly with his right hand, he pulled the lad free, turned about and
pushed up. His spine and muscles ached. This almost stopped his movements. His weak,
starved body fought against what his mind told him he must do.
Keeping a tight hold on the boy’s belt, Kondiba struggled to push himself upwards with his
free hand and feet.
It seemed a long time before he rose the six metres from the bottom and broke surface.
While he gasped for breath, other hands quickly lifted Arvind up and out of the well.
Kondiba held on to the well’s rocky side, his eyes closed, his body tired. He heard, but
paid little attention to the sounds of people trying to give Arvind artificial respiration. Finally,
the boy began to vomit water, and cries to joy came to Kondiba still holding tightly to the
side of the well.
Then Arvind was hurried away to the hospital. A man helped Kondiba out of the well and
a woman patted him affectionately on the shoulder. Yelanbai led him back to the hut.
There, Kondiba put on his clothes, finished his half-eaten meal, and fell asleep.
That evening, a police officer came to tell the blind beggar that the boy he had saved would
be alright. Kondiba later learnt that if the boy had been in the well longer his brain would
certainly have been damaged from lack of oxygen. And Kondiba had saved him just in
time.
The next afternoon, Arvind returned to “Golibar”. He went at once to Kondiba and, while
his aunt watched with tears in her eyes, he touched Kondiba’s feet in gratitude.
Indeed, Kondiba had saved a life. But his own still had to go on, and for him that meant
begging. By afternoon Kondiba was back on the streets of Mumbai with his gunnysack.
However, word soon began to spread about the beggar’s courage. His picture and the
story of his daring rescue were published in many national and local papers. Suddenly
Kondiba became a hero. He was praised by the Governor, the Chief Minister of
Maharashtra, and other officials. Rewards totalling Rs. 12,970 were presented to him.
For a few months, he was given a home in a Home for the Blind. Here he learnt some
skills such as bottling and the weaving of chair seats.
Today, Kondiba lives in Jalna, a market town close to his native village. He has married a
local girl and runs a small business. Kondiba Gaikwad’s bravery and determination to find
the boy in the well had completely changed his own life.
The beggar who hated begging need never beg again.