LESSON 7.1 A BAKER FROM GOA
I.QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I.How can you say that bread -making is still popular in
Goa?
It was the Portuguese who introduced bread
making in Lies.They were fond eaters of bread.They left How in 1961. But bread- making did not stop in Goa.There we still have the mixers, the boulders and those who bake the loaves. Their furnaces are still there.
The fire in them has not been extinguished. The this and
jingle of the maker's bamboo can still be heard in the morning when he goes on his selling round.The baker is
even today known as the later in God.
2.What does the author say about his childhood
memories of the baker?
The author remembers how he would go running to
the baker in the morning.The this and jingle of the
baker's bamboo would wake him up.He would climb a
bench or the parapet to have a peep into the baker's
basket.He would be so eager to eat his favourite
bread - bangles that he didn't care to brush his teeth
even.He would say that the hot tea would wash
everything nicely.And the brushing of teeth was not
necessary in any way.The tiger never brushed its teeth.
Such was the author's childhood logic.
3.Give a pen portrait of a Gown village baker?
AGoan village baker goes round the streets to sell
his loaves of bread.He comes with the Jhang -Jiang
sound of his bamboo staff.He carries his basket on his
head,supporting it with one hand.With the other, he bangs the bamboo on the ground.Thus everyone comes to know of his arrival.He comes with loaves for the elders and bread- bangles for the children.Sometimes, he has sweet bread of a special make.Children gather round him.
But he pushes them aside to serve the ladies first.
4.Is bread an important part of Goal life?How do you
know this?
Yes, bread is an important part of Goal life.There is
no home that can do without it. It is not only a thing of
daily use, but also an indispensable part of every
important occasion. Marriage gifts are meaningless
without the mil.Any party or feast would lose its charm
without bread.A mother must prepare sandwiches on the
occasion of her daughter's engagement .Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas and other festivals.Thus we see how i.portant bread is in Goan life.
II.Read the extracts and answer the questions
1.We kids would be pushed aside with a mild rebuke and the loaves would be delivered to the servant.But we would not give up.We would climb a bench or the parapet and peep into the basket,Somehow.I can still recall the typical
fragrance of those Los as. Los es for the elders and the bangles for the children.
QUESTIONS
a.Who would push aside the kids and why?
b.What did the baker have for the kids and the
elders?
c.Why did the kids climb a bench or the parapet?
d.Find in the passage a word that means 'pleasant smell'.
2.The baker or bread seller of those days had a peculiar dress known as the labia.It was a single- piece long frock reaching down to the knees.In our childhood we saw bakers wearing a shirt and trousers which were shorter than full - length ones and lo her than half pants.
QUESTIONS
a.What do the words'those day's in the first sentence refer
to?
b. What was the peculiar dress of a baker those days?
c.Find on the passage a word that means'typical
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with me and told our complex watchman to guard his car for the night. My mother calmed down as she heard the whole story and nursed his wounds. Kabir slept at my place that night. The next morning, mom and I accompanied him to the police station and lodged an FIR. Kabir said he wanted to get a blood test done as he thought he had been made to take drugs through the drink. He was right. He gave the details of the farmhouse and of his friends. The police sealed the farmhouse and arrested the friends.
Kabir and I became good friends forever after the incident. He taught me to be cautious of people, because some people ca
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