Referring to the chapter 'Kathmandu' in Beehive and Acknowledging the role of SPIRITUAL WELLNESS in the modern life, write an article in about 120-150 words discussing it's significance in one' life to keep problems and complications away. Help fast!! Pls I will mark as brainliest
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Answer:
. On the following map mark out the route, which the author thought of but did not take, to Delhi.
Jagranjosh
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The route the author had thought of but did not take is given below:
Kathmandu — Patna (Bihar) — Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) — DelhiName the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
Answer:
The two temples the author visited in Kathmandu were the Pashupatinath temple and the
Baudhnath stupa.
2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
Answer:
‘All this’ refers to eating a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal stove on the pavement (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon), and reading a couple of love story comics and a Reader’s Digest.
3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?Answer:
Vikram Seth compares the fifty or sixty bansuris protruding in all directions from the pole of a flute seller to the quills of a porcupine.
4. Name five kinds of flutes.
Answer:
The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear or breathy flutes of South America and the high-pitched Chinese flutes.
II. Answer each question in a short paragraph.
1. What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?Answer:
The flute seller does not shout out his wares like the other hawkers. He simply plays slowly, meditatively, without excessive display.
2. What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?
Answer:
At Pashupatinath, there is a small shrine that protrudes from the stone platform on the river bank. People believe that when the shrine will emerge fully, the goddess inside it will escape and the evil period of Kaliyug on earth will then end.
3. The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of
(i) the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example: some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
(ii) the things he sees
(iii) the sounds he hears
Answer:
(i) The author describes the following scenes of 'febrile confusion':
a group of saffron-clad Westerners struggling to enter the main gate
a fight that breaks out between two monkeys
a royal Nepalese princess for whom everyone bows and makes way.
(ii) The things he sees include:
The Baudhnat Stupa that has an immense white dome, which is ringed by a road.
Small shops on the outer edge where felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can be bought.
Fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling Western cosmetics, film rolls, chocolate, copper utensils and Nepalese antiques.
(iii) The sounds he hears are:
Film songs from the radios, car horns, bicycle bells, vendors shouting out their wares.
flute music played by the flute seller.
III. Answer the following questions in not more than 100 − 150 words each.
1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupathinath temple.
Answer:
The atmosphere at the Pashupatinath temple was full of chaos and confusion. Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roamed through the grounds. There were so many worshippers that some people trying to get the priest’s attention were elbowed aside by others pushing their way to the front. Some saffron-clad Westerners were trying to enter the temple. Monkeys were fighting and adding to the general noise. Washerwomen were at their work, while children were bathing.
On the other hand, at the Baudhnath stupa, there was a sense of stillness. There was no crowd and this was a haven of quietness in the busy streets around.
2. How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets?
Answer:
Along the Kathmandu’s narrowest and busiest streets, there are small shrines and flower-adorned deities. There are fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling Western cosmetics, film rolls, chocolate, 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. He also mentions a flute seller with many bansuris protruding in all directions from his pole. He contrasts the serene music produced by him with the cries of the other hawkers.
3. “To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality of all mankind.” Why does the author say this?
Answer:
The author considers flute music to be “the most universal and most particular” of all music. It belngs to all the cultures. Though each kind of flute has a specific fingering and compass, every flute produces music with the help of the human breath. Thus, because of its prevalence around the world and its closeness to the human breathing the author says that to hear any flute is “to be drawn into the commonality of all