Question

- -- Write a paragraph using the hints given below. Last month - Trip to Hampi - went along with family - started from Anantapur district - 160 kilometers total distance - stayed in a hotel at night - early morning of winter season cool and pleasant climate - darshan of Virupakshewara Smamy - mesmerized by the inverted image of the temple - Lond Hamuma temple on the hill top - birth place of Hanuma - banks of Thungabadra - Queen's bath - Elephants stable - Achyutaraya temple - the must watch - stayed three days in Hampi-ruled by the grear king Krishnadevaraya - great place for our cultural heritage - Vittala temple - huge open sie - carved stone chariot mesmerizes everyone - tourists across the globe - Daroji Bear Sanchiary at the Southeast side of Hampi- spent memorable days of life-reſumed after three days. - -​

Answer 1

Answer:

“Why do you do this?” I ask Saheb whom I encounter every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps of my neighborhood. Saheb left his home long ago. Set amidst the green fields of Dhaka, his home is not even a distant memory. There were many storms that swept away their fields and homes, his mother tells him. That’s why they left, looking for gold in the big city where he now lives.

Scrounging – searching for

Amidst – in the middle of

Every morning, the writer sees a young ragpicker boy who visits the garbage dump near her house and searches for ‘gold’ in it. The writer says that he searches for ‘gold’ ironically because although the garbage dump is full of useless, thrown away things, still he shuffles it so minutely as if he will get something as precious as ‘gold’ from it. The boy’s name is Saheb. His home in Dhaka was in the middle of lush green fields. They had left it many years ago and he does not remember it anymore. His mother had told him that there were many storms that destroyed their homes and fields. So, they left home and shifted to the cities in search of ‘gold’. The writer again says, “looking for gold in the big city”. Gold here refers to something precious which was not available in their hometown. Things like shoes, money, bags, etc. for the children and food, clothing, shelter as means of survival for their parents. The boy searches for such precious things in the garbage dumps. One day the writer questions Saheb and asks him the reason for shuffling through the garbage.

“I have nothing else to do,” he mutters, looking away.