Kathmandu
This small portion of travelling details of a narrator.
Who visited Kathmandu and stayed in a cheap
hotel at the centre of town. Next day with some
known people he visited Pashupatinath and
Boudhanath stupa, both are most sacred to
Hindus and Buddhists.
एक कथाकार के यात्रा विवरण का यह छोटा सा अंश।
जो काठमांडू गए और शहर के केंद्र में एक सस्ते होटल
में रुके। अगले दिन कुछ ज्ञात लोगों के साथ उन्होंने
पशुपतिनाथ और बौद्धनाथ स्तूप का दौरा किया, दोनों
हिंदुओं और बौद्धों के लिए सबसे पवित्र हैं।
At pashupati temple he was explaining the
surroundings, only hindus are allowed inside the
temple. The place is very crowded by people,
animals and different things. Temple is also very
crowded. People are struggling to get in front,
then A princess of the Nepalese royal house
appears; everyone bows and makes way. The
river, the holy Bagmati that flows below, A corpse
is being cremated on its banks. There is a small
shrine half protruding from the stone platform on
the river bank. When it emerges fully, the goddess
inside will escape, and the evil period of the
Kaliyuga will end on earth.
पशुपति मंदिर में वह आसपास के बारे में बता रहे थे,
मंदिर के अंदर केवल हिंदुओं की अनुमति है। इस जगह
पर लोगों, जानवरों और अलग-अलग चीजों की बहुत
भीड़ रहती है। मंदिर में भी काफी भीड़ होती है। सामने
आने के लिए जद्दोजहद कर रहे हैं लोग, तभी सामने
आती है नेपाली राजघराने की एक राजकुमारी; हर कोई
झुकता है और रास्ता बनाता है। नदी, पवित्र बागमती जो
नीचे बहती है। इसके किनारे एक लाश का अंतिम संस्कार
किया जा रहा है. नदी के किनारे पत्थर के चबूतरे से आधा
निकला एक छोटा सा मंदिर है। जब नदी मंदिरों को पूरी
तरह से डुबा देगी तो अंदर की देवी भाग जाएगी और
कलियुग का बुरा काल पृथ्वी पर समाप्त हो जाएगा।
Now narrator At the Boudhanath stupa, the
Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu, narrator find
this temple a haven of quietness in the busy
streets, Small shops stand on its outer edge:
many of these are owned by Tibetan immigrants;
felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery can
be bought here. There were no crowd
Now he said Kathmandu is full of different
scenarios like various nationalities, people
and things- fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers
of postcards; shops selling Western cosmetics,
film rolls and chocolate; or copper utensils
and Nepalese antiques. He bought a marzipan
and a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal
brazier on the pavement to eat.
अब बौद्धनाथ स्तूप में, काठमांडू के बौद्ध मंदिर, कथाकार
इस मंदिर को व्यस्त गलियों में शांति का आश्रय पाते हैं,
इसके बाहरी किनारे पर छोटी दुकानें खड़ी हैं: इनमें से
कई तिब्बती अप्रवासियों के स्वामित्व में हैं; फेल्ट बैग,
तिब्बती प्रिंट और चांदी के आभूषण यहां खरीदे जा
सकते हैं। भीड़ नहीं थी
अब उन्होंने कहा कि काठमांडू विभिन्न राष्ट्रीयताओं,
लोगों और चीजों जैसे विभिन्न परिदृश्यों से भरा है- फल
विक्रेता, बांसुरी विक्रेता, पोस्टकार्ड के फेरीवाले;
पश्चिमी सौंदर्य प्रसाधन, फिल्म रोल और चॉकलेट बेचने
वाली दुकानें; या तांबे के बर्तन और नेपाली प्राचीन वस्तुएँ।
उन्होंने खाने के लिए फुटपाथ पर चारकोल ब्रेज़ियर में
भुना हुआ एक मार्जिपन और एक कॉर्न-ऑन-द-कोब खरीदा।
Now he is a bit confused, how he would travel back
to his home. His travel lover's mind wants him to go
by bus and train to Patna, then sail up the Ganges
past Benaras to Allahabad, then up the Yamuna,
past Agra to Delhi. But he was too exhausted and
homesick so he bought a ticket for tomorrow’s flight.
अब वह थोड़ा असमंजस में है कि वह अपने घर वापस कैसे
जाएगा। उनके यात्रा प्रेमी का मन चाहता है कि वह पटना के
लिए बस और ट्रेन से जाएं, फिर बनारस से इलाहाबाद तक
गंगा को पार करें, फिर यमुना के ऊपर, आगरा से दिल्ली तक।
लेकिन वह बहुत थक गया था और उसे अपने घर की याद
आती है, इसलिए उसने कल की उड़ान के लिए एक टिकट
खरीदा।
After this, he saw a flute seller standing in a corner
of the square near the hotel. In his hand is a pole
with an attachment at the top from which fifty or
sixty bansuris protrude in all directions.They are
of bamboo: there are cross flutes and recorders.
Narrator was watching his actions and thinking
how that seller spends his whole day there plus
he liked the flute music hawker was playing. his
flute sound rises clearly above the noise of the
traffic and the hawkers’ cries. He plays slowly,
meditatively, without excessive display. He
does not shout out his wares.
इसके बाद उन्होंने देखा कि होटल के पास चौक के
एक कोने में एक बांसुरी बेचने वाला खड़ा है। उसके
हाथ में ऊपर की ओर लगाव वाला एक खंभा है जिसमें
से पचास या साठ बंसुरी सभी दिशाओं में फैलती हैं। वे
बांस के हैं: क्रॉस बांसुरी और रिकॉर्डर हैं। कथावाचक
उसकी हरकतों को देख रहा था और सोच रहा था कि
कैसे वह विक्रेता अपना पूरा दिन वहाँ बिताता है और
साथ ही उसे बाँसुरी बजाना अच्छा लगता है। उसकी
बांसुरी की आवाज यातायात के शोर और फेरीवालों के
रोने के ऊपर स्पष्ट रूप से उठती है। वह अत्यधिक
प्रदर्शन के बिना, धीरे-धीरे, ध्यानपूर्वक खेलता है। वह
अपने माल को चिल्लाता नहीं है।
He loved the flute music and was unable to
leave the place. He said “There is no culture
that does not have its flute— the reed neh,
the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the
deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music,
the clear or breathy flutes of South America,
the high-pitched Chinese flutes. Each has its
specific fingering and compass”. After returning
from abroad, he understands the significance
of flute music.
उन्हें बांसुरी संगीत पसंद था और वह उस स्थान को
छोड़ने में असमर्थ थे। उन्होंने कहा, "ऐसी कोई संस्कृति
नहीं है जिसकी बांसुरी नहीं है- रीड नेह, रिकॉर्डर,
जापानी शकुहाची, हिंदुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत की गहरी
बंसुरी, दक्षिण अमेरिका की स्पष्ट या सांस लेने वाली
बांसुरी, ऊंची चीनी बांसुरी। प्रत्येक की अपनी विशिष्ट
उँगलियाँ और कम्पास हैं ”। विदेश से लौटने के बाद
उन्हें बांसुरी संगीत का महत्व समझ में आता है।
I. Answer these questions in one or two words
or in short phrases.
1. Name the two temples the author visited in
Kathmandu?
Ans 1.He visited Pashupatinath and Boudhanath
stupa, both are most sacred to Hindus and
Buddhists.
2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with
Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
Ans 2. “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.
” All this refers to a marzipan and a corn-on-
the-cob roasted in a charcoal brazier on the
pavement to eat.
3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the
quills of a porcupine?
Ans 3. Vikram Seth compares fifty or sixty
bansuris protruding in all directions, like the
quills of a porcupine. Five kinds of flutes:
4. Name five kinds of flutes.?
Ans 4. The five kinds of flutes are:
the reed neh
the Japanese shakuhachi
the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music
the clear or breathy flutes of South America
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?
Ans1 the author found the differences in how other
hawkers were shouting out their wares while the
flute seller was playing flute in the crowd from
time to time which made him stand out of the
crowd and from other hawkers.
2. What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the
end of Kaliyug?
Ans2 Down to the river, the holy Bagmati, it is
believed a small shrine half protrudes from the
stone platform on the river bank. When it emerges
fully, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil
period of the Kaliyuga will end on earth.
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...)
Ans(i) Priests, hawkers, devotees, tourists, cows,
monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam through the grounds.
There are so many worshippers that some people
trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside by
others pushing their way to the front. A princess of the
Nepalese royal house appears; everyone bows and
makes way. By the main gate, a party of saffron-clad
Westerners struggle for permission to enter. The
policeman is not convinced that they are ‘the Hindus’
(only Hindus are allowed to enter the temple). A fi (ii)
the things he sees
(iii) the sounds he hears- fight breaks out between two
monkeys. One chases the other, who jumps onto a
shivalinga, then runs screaming around the temples
and down to the river. film songs blare out from the
radios, car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows
low questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out
their wares. A flute hawker selects a flute and plays for
a few minutes. The sound rises clearly above the noise
of the traffic and the hawkers’ cries
III. Answer the following questions in not more than
100–150 words each.
1. Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around
the Boudhanath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple?
Ans 1 There were lots of differences in the atmosphere in
and around the Boudhanath shrine with the Pashupatinath
temple.
According to the author, Pashupati temple’s atmosphere
was ‘febrile confusion’ Priests, hawkers, devotees,
tourists, cows, monkeys, pigeons and dogs roam
through the grounds. There are so many worshipers
that some people trying to get the priest’s attention
are elbowed aside by others pushing their way to
the front. a fight breaks out between two monkeys.
One chases the other, who jumps onto a shivalinga,
then runs screaming around the temples and down
to the river.
While at Boudhanath shrine of Kathmandu, there is,
in contrast, a sense of stillness. There are no crowds:
this is a haven of quietness in the busy streets around.
2. How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest
streets?
Ans2 the author describe Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary,
religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities
along the narrowest and busiest streets; with fruit sellers,
flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling Western
cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate; or copper utensils and
Nepalese antiques. Film songs blare out from the radios,
car horns sound, bicycle bells ring, stray cows low
questioningly at motorcycles, vendors shout out their wares.
This is how the author saw and felt about kathmandu.
3. “To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality
of all mankind.” Why does the author say this?
Ans3 the author wanted to tell, flute music is commonly
used in most parts of the world in different styles and
designs. He wrote about five flutes used in different
parts of worlds like the reed neh, the Japanese shakuhachi,
the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear
or breathy flutes of South America and the high-pitched
Chinese flutes. He says that flute links to our common
characteristics. Just like every human being, the motive
force is living breath. It, too, needs to pause and breathe
before it can go on.
Thinking about Language
I. Read the following sentences carefully to
understand the meaning of the italicised phrases.
Then match the phrasal verbs in Column A with
their meanings in Column B.
Ans 1
II . 1. Use the suffixes -ion or -tion to form
nouns from the following verbs. Make the
necessary changes in the spellings of the
words.
Ans 1 cremate cremation; act action; exhaust
exhaustion
invent invention; tempt temptation; immigrate
immigration
direct direction; meditate meditation; imagine
imagination
dislocate dislocation; associate association;
dedicate dedication.
2. Now fill in the blanks with suitable words from
the ones that you have formed.
Ans 2. (i) Mass literacy was possible only after
the invention of the printing machine.
(ii) Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as
he lacks direction.
(iii) I could not resist the temptation to open the
letter.
(iv) Hardwork and dedication are the main keys
to success.
(v) The children were almost fainting with
exhaustion after being made to stand in the sun.
III. Punctuation Use capital letters, full stops,
question marks, commas and inverted commas
wherever necessary in the following paragraph.
Ans. An arrogant lion was wandering through
the jungle one day. He asked the tiger, “Who is
stronger than you?” “You, O! Lion,” replied the
tiger. “Who is fiercer than a leopard?” asked the
lion. “You, sir,” replied the leopard. He marched
up to an elephant and asked the same question.
The elephant picked him up in his trunk, swung
him in the air and threw him down. “Look”, said
the lion, “there is no need to get mad just because
you don’t know the answer.”
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verb in brackets.
Ans (i) The heart is a pump that sends the blood
circulating through our body. The pumping action
takes place when the left ventricle of the heart
contracts. This forces the blood out into the arteries,
which expands to receive the oncoming blood.
(ii) The African lungfish can live without water for
up to four years. During a drought it digs a pit and
encloses itself in a capsule of slime and earth,
leaving a tiny opening for air. The capsule dries
and hardens , but when rain comes ,the mud
dissolves and the lungfish swims away.
(iii) MAHESH : We have to organise a class party
for our teacher.
Does anyone play an instrument?
VIPUL : Rohit plays the flute.
MAHESH : Does he also act?
VIPUL : No, he composes music.
MAHESH : That’s wonderful!
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