We stood silent, each thinking our own thoughts. Yes, they told you all that. But
there is so much they didn’t tell you. They didn’t tell you that to change animal
skins to leather - which they call tunning - uses as many as 250 different
chemicals, including heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and chromium. They
didn’t tell you that these chemicals are discharged into the environment from those
chimney stacks and fall to earth for miles around, polluting the earth below. They
didn’t tell you that this would poison your fields, so that nothing will grow. “They
didn’t tell you that this would poison your fields, so that nothing will grow “They
didn’t tell us that chemical would be dumped in open fields and into our rivers,
“sighed Vijayasama. We had been thinking the same thoughts. “They didn’t tell us
that our women would have to walk 10 m every day. They didn’t tell us that we
would get ulcers and sores on our bodies. They didn’t tell us ......? Her voice trailed
off. There is so much they didn’t tell you, I thought.
“We don’t buy leather shoes or leather handbags or leather clothes,” she said.
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Now answer the following questions in one or two sentences 3 × 1= 3M
1. But there is so much they didn’t tell you. What is that they didn’t tell ?
2. Why do you think that the people of the village don’t buy leather goods ?
3. ‘They didn’t tell us........ her voice trailed off’, What do you mean by this expressio
Answers
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1. But there is so much they didn’t tell you. What is that they didn’t tell ?
Answer: They did not tell the villagers that the chemicals, including heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and chromium, used in making leather would pollute their resources in and around the village, which would make their life hell.
2. Why do you think that the people of the village don’t buy leather goods ?
Answer: They don't buy the leather goods because they don't have enough money to buy the expensive leather goods manufactured in the factory. Only the rich people can buy these goods.
They didn’t tell us........ her voice trailed off’, What do you mean by this expression?
Answer: This expression means the village people had been deceived by the factory owners and the government officials. They were very sad and hopeless.