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English Literature  Everest-My Journey to the Top  Autobiography of Bachendri Pal Short answer questions 1.Who were Bachendri Pal's parents? Bachendri Pal's father's name  was Kishan Singh Pal and he was a small border trades-man. Her mother was Hansa Dei Neigi who was a Nakuri girl and half her husband's age. T hough  her father and mother  were different in many ways, they got on well. The sturdy,short Kishan Singh was stem and quick-tempered while Hansa Dei was soft-skinned. delicate and tall  and was tender hearted.  2.What were Chotte chacha's contribution to the first course conducted by Bachendri Pal Chotte chacha brought 25 sets of camping and trekking equipment for Bachendri Pal's team to run two adventure courses for girls. With the army's help he also arranged that a tentage camp be put up at Tekhla. 3. Bachendri Pal was elected the Vice Chairperson o f "Bhagirathi Seven-Sisters Adventure Club". 4.Where was her first television appea...

  English Literature A work of Art  Anton Chekhov Summary/Plot  In the story " A work of Art " by Anton Chekhov , Sasha is grateful to Dr. Koshelkov for saving his life and as such presents him with a candelabra as a token of gratitude as he was unable to pay him through financial means.Sasha considers "the candelabra" as a work of art and an object of great value.His father who was running the business of antiques had left them with the candelabra when he died and it was kept as a precious souvenir by Sasha and his mother .Sasha believes that there is so much beauty and elegance to the candelabra that it fills one's soul and make one forget about everything earthly, in its beauty. But  for  Dr. Koshelkov, though he agrees that the candelabra was a fine thing,  he is telling Sasha that he is  a family man  and finds the candelabra as  an inappropriate thing to display publicly in his office.According to him,to put such a  phantasmag...