The Rebel Poet Class 5 Bengali Meaning and Question Answer West Bengal Board
CLASS V ENGLISH BUTTERFLY
LESSON : 7
THE REBEL POET
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Letâs readâĻ
[Pritam is a student of class V. He returns home from school, all excited. He finds his father reading a newspaper.]
[āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āϏ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāϏā§, āϏāĻāϞā§āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāϤā§āϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϞāĨ¤]
Pritam : Father, guess what happened today ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž, āĻāĻ āĻā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϤ⧠?
Father : What, dear ?
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āĻā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ ?
Pritam : Our teacher has asked us to sing a patriotic song on the Republic Day.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
Father : Which song are you going to sing, son ?
āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž : āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āϤā§āϰ ?
Pritam : Maâam suggested that we should sing âKarar oi louha kopoÅĨ.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ âāĻāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ āϞā§āĻš āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻâ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Father : Do you know who has written the song, Pritam ?
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§ āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ ?
Pritam : No, father.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āύāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
Father : He is our great poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, the author of the famous poem, âBidrohiâ.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻāϰā§āϞ āĻāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž âāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻšā§â āĻāϰ āϞā§āĻāĻāĨ¤
Pritam : Will you tell me more about him ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ ?
Father : He was born at a time when India was under the British rule. Through his writings, he inspired the Indian youth to boldly fight for freedom.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻžāϰāϤ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻļāĻžāϏāύā§āϰ āĻ āϧā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻŦāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Pritam : When was he born, father ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦā§ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύ, āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ?
Father : He was born on 24th May, 1899 in the village of Churulia. This was near Asansol in the Burdwan district of undivided Bengal. As a child he was attracted to folk theatre and later wrote many folk plays like âDaata Karnaâ and âKabi Kalidasâ.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§¯ āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ ⧍ā§Ē āĻŽā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻā§āϰāĻšāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϧāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāĻžāύāϏā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāϞā§āϝāĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞā§āĻāύāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āώā§āĻ āĻšāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§āĻāĻžāϞ⧠âāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻŖâ āĻāĻŦāĻ âāĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϏâ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϞā§āĻ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āϰāĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Pritam : That is interesting!
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻāĻžāϰ!
Father : In 1910, Nazrul met the revolutionary Nibaran Chandra Ghatak, who was his teacher. The poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick was the Head Master of the school Nazrul joined next.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : ⧧⧝⧧ā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻāϰā§āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĻ āϰāĻā§āĻāύ āĻŽāϞā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āύāĻāϰā§āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§āϤ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻā§āύāĨ¤
Letâs doâĻ
ACTIVITY 1
Complete the following sentences:
(a) Pritam was to sing the song ______________________.
Ans. Karar oi louha kopat.
(b) Nazrul was born in _________________.
Ans. in the village of Churuliya.
(c) Burdwan district is in ________________.
Ans. West Bengal.
ACTIVITY 2
Answer the following questions :
(a) Was India independent when Nazrul was born ?
Ans. No, India was under British Rule when Nazrul was born.
(b) Name some of the folk plays that young Nazrul had written.
Ans. Young Nazrul had written some of the folk plays that are ‘Daata Karna’ and ‘Kabi Kalidas’.
(c) Who was Nazrul’s teacher ?
Ans. Nibaran Chandra Ghatak was Nazrul’s teacher.
(d) Who was Kumud Ranjan Mullick ?
Ans. Kumud Ranjan Mullick was the Head Master of the school where Nazrul joined.
Letâs continueâĻ
Uncle Rahim enters the room. He joins in the conversation.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĸā§āĻāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Pritam : Did Kumud Ranjan inspire him to write poems ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĻ āϰāĻā§āĻāύ āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ ?
Father : Yes. But Nazrul was also influenced by Rabindranath and the Persian poets like Hafez and Khaiyyam.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ āύāĻāϰā§āϞāĻ āϰāĻŦā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāύāĻžāĻĨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻĢā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Uncle Rahim : Did you know that Nazrul joined the army under the British ? He was in the 49th Bengal Regiment. After the first World War, the regiment was disbanded in 1920. So he came to Calcutta.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ : āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāϤ⧠āϝ⧠āύāĻāϰā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϧā§āύ⧠āϏā§āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ ? āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ā§Ē⧝āϤāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāϞ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§āύā§āĻāĻāĻŋ ⧧⧝⧍ā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϏā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāϏā§āύāĨ¤
Father : At that time Indians had risen against the British rule. Nazrul protested against the cruelty of the British in his own way. In fact, he also started writing poems, essays and songs to voice his protest. He is the rebel poet of India.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϏā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻļāĻžāϏāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āύāĻāϰā§āϞ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻ ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻĒāĻā§āώā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāύ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤
Pritam : I hardly knew as much!
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽāĻ āĻāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻŽ!
Father : You should read his poems like âKandari Hunsiarâ,âKheya Parer Taraniâ, and also listen to his songs. The British were afraid that Nazrulâs writings could instigate the Indian freedom fighters.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ âāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻšā§āĻāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰâ, âāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϤāϰāĻŖā§â āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āύāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāϰāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āύāĻāϰā§āϞā§āϰ āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻ āĻ āύāϞāĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ
Pritam : What did the British do ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāϰāĻž āĻā§ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
Uncle Rahim : The British grew perturbed.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ : āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāϰāĻž āĻšāϤāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Father : In 1922, Nazrul started a magazine âDhumketuâ where he published âAnandamoyeer Agamoneâ, a poem.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : ⧧⧝⧍⧍ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻāϰā§āϞ âāϧā§āĻŽāĻā§āϤā§â āύāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ âāĻāύāύā§āĻĻāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻŽāύā§â āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Uncle Rahim : The British raided the office of âDhumketuâ. The poet was arrested from Kumilla.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ : āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāϰāĻž âāϧā§āĻŽāĻā§āϤā§â āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧠āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāϞā§āϞāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Pritam : What happened then ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§ āĻšāϞ ?
Father : He was transferred to the Hooghly Jail and there he began fasting. It was his way of protesting against the torture of the British.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻšā§āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ āύāĻļāύ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
Pritam : For how many days did he fast, father ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ āύāĻļāύ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āύ, āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž ?
Father : He fasted for more than a month. In December 1923, he was released from jail.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻž : āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ āύāĻļāύ āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤ ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Š āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāύāĨ¤
Pritam : Thank you so much, father! Now I’ll be able to sing âKarar oi louha kapat with zeal and passion. Iâm so proud that the teacher has selected me for singing.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŽ : āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āύā§āĻ āϧāύā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž! āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤā§âāϏāĻžāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ âāĻāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ āϞā§āĻš āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻâ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻļāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
Uncle Rahim : Then letâs hear you sing. Weâll sing along with you as well.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϰāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ : āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāύ āĻļā§āύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻžāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŦāĨ¤
Letâs doâĻ
ACTIVITY 3
Tick (â) the right answer :
(i) His poems inspired the youth
(a) to fight the British (â)
(b) to help the British
(c) to talk to the British
(ii) A poem that he wrote was
(a) Kheya Parer Tarani (â)
(b) Prashna
(c) Badh
(iii) Nazrul was called
(a) the fiery poet
(b) the rebel poet (â)
(c) the inspired poet
ACTIVITY 4
Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:
(a) Nazrul was born when India was still under the British rule. [T]
(b) Nazrul was not attracted to folk theatre. [F]
(c) In school, Nazrul met the great poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick. [T]
(d) Nazrul served the Indian army under the British rule. [T]
(e) Nazrul fasted for thirty days. [F]
ACTIVITY 5
Fill in the chart with information from the text:
Year | Event |
1910 | Nazrul met the revolutionary Nibaran Chandra Ghatak, who was his teacher. |
1920 | the regiment was disbanded |
1922 | Nazrul started a magazine ‘Dhumketu’ where he published ‘Anandamoyeer Agamone’, a poem. |
1923 | Nazrul was released from jail |
ACTIVITY 6
Answer the following questions :
(a) Who inspired Nazrul to write poems ?
Ans. Kumud Ranjan Mullick inspired Nazrul to write poems.
(b) Why did Nazrul have to leave the army ?
Ans. In 1920, the regiment was disbanded so Nazrul had to leave the army.
(c) In which magazine was the poem Anandamoyeer Agamone published ?
Ans. The poem Anandamoyeer Agamone published in ‘Dhumketu’ magazine.
(d) Why did Nazrul start fasting ?
Ans. Nazrul started fasting because it was his way of protesting against the torture of the British.
ACTIVITY 7(a)
Underline the adverbs in the following sentences. Group them under ‘Adverb of manner’, ‘Adverb of time’ and ‘Adverb of place’:
(1) Now I will go to school.
(2) He sat beside me.
(3) He will watch a play tomorrow.
(4) She eagerly waited for the result.
(5) The train moved slowly out of the station.
(6) We won the match yesterday .
(7) Come here.
(8) I shall gladly do it.
ACTIVITY 7(b)
Let’s classify the adverbs in the following chart :
Adverb of time | Adverb of manner | Adverb of place |
Now | Eagerly | Beside |
Tomorrow | Slowly | Here |
Yesterday | Gladly |
ACTIVITY 8
Let’s learn how to paint pots.
(i) A pot is bought.
(ii) It is washed with water.
(iii) It is washed with water.
(iv) It is painted.
(v) Polish is applied to make the surface shiny.
Now add linkers to show the process of painting pots. You may use the following linkers:
At first, then, at last, next, thereafter |
Ans. At first, a pot is bought. Then, it is washed with water. Next, it is dried in the sun. Thereafter, it is painted. At last, polish is applied to make the surface shiny.
ACTIVITY 9
Write eight sentences about the childhood of Rabindranath Tagore. Here are some points:
Born on 8th may 1861 â did not enjoy formal schooling â was taught at home â mathematics teacher was Aghore Babu â used to play in the verandah â role-playing as a teacher â taught the railing bars as if they were students â conclusion.
Ans:
Rabindranath Tagore was born on 8th may 1861. He did not enjoy formal schooling. So he was taught at home. His mathematics teacher was Aghore Babu. In his childhood days, he used to play in the verandah. One of his favourite games was to play the role of a teacher. While acting as a teacher, he taught the railing bars as if they were students. He used to write stories, poems in pass time and this is how everything started.
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