Question

summary of the chapter THE GHAT OF THE ONLY WORLD class 11

Answer 1

The writer had a friend named Agha Shahid who knew that he was not going to live long so he asked the writer to write something about him when he will be no more. The writer kept his promise. Both the writer and Shahid had studied at Delhi University. Although their time at the university had briefly overlapped. they had never met. Shahid belonged to Kashmir and in 1975; he migrated to America where his brother was already settled. Later Shahid’s two sisters also joined them. Shahid used to write poems and a collection of his poems was published. The writer had read some of these poems and was greatly Impressed. But he had never met Shahid so far. The two had some friends in common. One of them put the author in touch with Shahid. Between 1998 and 1999, the two had several conversations on the phone and even met a couple of times. In Feb. 2000, Shahid had a sudden blackout. The tests revealed that he had brain cancer. On May 7, 2000, the writer went to Shahid where Shahid was employed as a teacher. Shahid was very popular with his students. Now Shahid shifted to Brooklyn so that he could be close to his youngest sister. The writer also lived there a few blocks away and now the two used to meet very often. On 25th April 2000, the writer telephoned Shahid and reminded him of the lunch invitation from their friend. It was for the first time that Shahid spoke to the writer about his approaching death and asked him to write something about him after his death. The writer keeping a record of all the conversations and meetings he had with Shahid. He noted that Shahid shared with his fondness for Rogan Josh, the music of Roshanara Begum, Kishore Kumar and interest in old Bombay films. And both of them shared an indifference to cricket. Shahid was admitted to hospital on 21 May 2001. He had now become very weak and could hardly stand. Yet he was as jovial as ever. The writer met him last on 27 Oct. 2001. He died on 8th Dec. 2001 at 2 am. The writer says that he feels a great void without Shahid. He feels amazed that so brief a friendship has resulted in such a vast void. Often when he walks into his Living room, he remembers Shahid’s presence there.

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Answer 2

The short summary on the ghart of the only world
The writer had a friend named Agha Shahid who knew he wouldn’t live long, so he asked the writer to write about him when he wouldn’t be there anymore. The author kept his promise. The author and Shahid were both studying at the University of Delhi. However, their time at the university had overlapped briefly. They never had met. Shahid belonged to Kashmir and moved to America in 1975 where his brother had already been settled. The two sisters of Shahid also joined them later. Shahid used to write poems and published a collection of his poems. The author had read some poems and was very impressed. But so far he had never met Shahid. The two had friends together. One of them contacted the author, Shahid. From 1998 to 1999, the two had several phone conversations and even met a couple of times
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