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 Chapter 8 Wall -D.S. Dadhalkar visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com for all bcom subjects notes Short answer questions 1) What is the contract taken by the poet? The poet has taken contract to demolish the walls of the building to demolish the walls of buildings. 2) The poet wants to demolish the walls of villages also. 3) According to Dadhalkar, the world wars were fought for  the walls of nations 4 ) Walls are built by 1. Kings      2. Grandpas      3. Grandmothers 5) Why were the walls hardened? The walls were hardened to protect human beings. 6) The people had raised their hands against these walls before. (True/False) True 7) What does the poet want to learn from history? Poet learned that his eyes had been entombed in walls and his organs of sense lay mutely by those walls like motionless refugees. 8) Mention the figure of speech in the line, ‘like motionless refugees’. simile 9) What should the wall be replaced wi...

visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com  for all bcom notes Chapter-7  Caged bird-Maya Angelou Click here for notes on Wall-Poem About the author Maya Angelou was an American poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), which brought her international recognition and acclaim, is about her life up to the age of 17.She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and her works have been considered a defence of black culture. “Caged Bird” is a poem which considers the conditions...

English Literature Chapter 6  RULE BRITANNIA Short Answer Questions 1. What was normal for the British families in those times? In those times, it was normal for the  British families  to have one or two close friends among the Indians with whom they were on visiting terms. 2. What did her father's superior call him? The author's  father's superior,  a balding, red-faced gentleman named Ross, called her  father ‘my good friend Nair' whenever he came to their  house. 3. Who taught their cook the basics of European cookery? Mrs.Ross taught their cook the basics of European cookery.Whenever they go to Malabar,the author's family used to lent their  cook to Mrs.Ross  , so that she might teach him the rudiments of European cookery. 4. How did the children enjoy their food? The children, the author's elder brother and author, used to eat early and unsupervised, ate Western meals with their little brown fingers, licking their hands, enjoying all th...

Degree 1st year English|B com/B.Sc English notes| BBA English notes| visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com   for all subjects question and answers Chapter 5   Homeless in the global village -  Vandana Shiva  About the author Vandana Shiva, is an Indian philosopher, environmentalist, author, professional speaker, anti-globalisation author and social activist.  She has received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993, an honour known as an "Alternative Nobel Prize”. The present essay is taken from the book 'Ecofeminism' jointly authored by Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva. She argues how developmental activities uproot the ecological and cultural bonds with nature. Short Answer Questions 1.Who is culturally homeless?  The transnational corporation executive who finds a home in every Holiday Inn and Hilton, is homeless in terms of deeper cultural sense of rootedness.    2) How are the tribal people made physically homeless?  The cult...