The Passing Away of Bapu by Nayantara Sehgal unit-3
Some days after the funeral, a special train took Gandhi's ashes to Allahabad The compartment was decked with flowers People on the tram sang bayan People did not weep anymore for they could feel Gandhi's presence amid the flowers and the songs. At every station rowful crowth filed the platform. Amid song and prayer the train reached Allahabad. The ashes were immersed in the Ganges where a huge crowd had gathered at the bank. Afterwards we all went back to Delhi.
Back in Delhi, I felt at sea. I had not directly walked with Gandhiji, gone to prison at his call or made any sacrifice for my country. My sisters and and other young people like me, had been merely onlookers. But still felt at sea. felt I had grown within a magic circle With Bapu's passing away, fit the magic cinde had vanished, leaving me unprotected.
With an effort roused myself. Aasked myse-had Bapu live and died for nothing? How could so easily lose courage when he was no longer there? My values were not so weak. Millions of people would have been ordinary folk but for Ragu. He brought them out of indifference and awakened them to one another's suffering What if now Bagu is gone? We were still there, young, strong and proud to bear his banner before us
Bapu had passed away but his india would continue to let in his children.
অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়ার কিছু দিন পরে, একটি বিশেষ ট্রেন গান্ধীর ছাই নিয়ে এলাহাবাদে গেল। বগিটি ফুলে সজ্জিত ছিল ট্রামের লোকেরা বায়ান গাইছিল লোকেরা আর কাঁদেনি কারণ তারা ফুল এবং গানের মধ্যে গান্ধীর উপস্থিতি অনুভব করতে পারে। প্রতিটি স্টেশনে সারি সারি প্ল্যাটফর্মে ভিড় জমায়। গান আর প্রার্থনার মধ্যে ট্রেন এলাহাবাদে পৌঁছে গেল। ছাইগুলি গঙ্গায় বিসর্জন করা হয়েছিল যেখানে তীরে প্রচুর ভিড় জমেছিল। পরে আমরা সবাই দিল্লি ফিরে গেলাম।
দিল্লিতে ফিরে আমি সমুদ্র অনুভব করলাম। আমি সরাসরি গান্ধীজির সঙ্গে হাঁটাহাঁটি করিনি, তাঁর আহ্বানে কারাগারে যাইনি বা আমার দেশের জন্য কোনো আত্মত্যাগ করিনি। আমার বোনেরা এবং আমার মত অন্যান্য যুবক-যুবতীরা নিছক দর্শক ছিল। কিন্তু তারপরও সমুদ্রে অনুভূত হয়েছে। অনুভব করলাম আমি একটা জাদুর বৃত্তের মধ্যে বড় হয়ে গেছি বাপু মারা যাওয়ার সাথে সাথে, যাদু সিনডি অদৃশ্য হয়ে গেছে, আমাকে অরক্ষিত রেখে গেছে
এক প্রচেষ্টায় নিজেকে জাগিয়ে তুললাম। লাস্কুড্ড মাইসে-বাপু বেঁচে ছিল আর অকারণে মরে গেছে? এত সহজে কি করে সাহস হারাতে পারল যখন সে আর নেই? আমার মূল্যবোধ এত দুর্বল ছিল না। লক্ষ লক্ষ মানুষ হত সাধারণ লোক কিন্তু রাগুর জন্য। তিনি তাদের উদাসীনতা থেকে বের করে এনে একে অপরের কষ্টে জাগিয়েছিলেন এখন যদি বাগু চলে যায়? আমরা এখনও সেখানে ছিলাম, তরুণ, শক্তিশালী এবং আমাদের সামনে তার ব্যানার বহন করতে পেরে গর্বিত
বাপু মারা গিয়েছিলেন কিন্তু তার ভারত তার সন্তানদের যেতে দিতে থাকবে।
Comprehension exercises
7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences :
( a ) Gandhiji's ashes were taken to ( i ) Ahmedabad ( ii ) Allahabad ( iii ) Delhi ( iv ) Benaras
Answer:Allahabad.
( b ) A huge crowd had gathered by the ( i ) Ganges ( ii ) Yamuna ( iii ) Brahmaputra ( iv ) Narmada
Answer: Ganges.
( c ) Gandhiji awakened people to one another's ( i ) indifference ( ii ) jealousy ( iii ) suffering ( iv ) greed
Answer: suffering.
8. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
( a ) People on the special train_
Answer:took Gandhi's ashes to Allahabad.
( b ) The author felt she had grown up within
Answer:within a magic circle .
( c ) Bapu had passed away but
Answer: his india would continue to let in his children.
9. Fill in the chart with information from the text :
(a)Cause:they could feel Gandhi's presence amid the flowers and the songs.
Effect: people did not weep anymore.
(b)cause:The magic circle was vanished.
Effect: The author was leaving unprotected.
(c)Cause: Bapu had not died for anything.
Effect:The author felt that she would not lose courage so easily.
10. Join the following pairs of sentences into single sentences as directed.
(a) I saw a snake .I ran away.( use participle)
Answer: Seeing a snake I ran away.
(b) He learns music.He listens to the clouds.(use preposition with Gerund)
Answer:On learning music he listens to the clouds.
(c) Gold is a precious metal.It is used to make ornaments.(use Noun in apposition)
Answer:Gold,a precious metals is used to make ornaments.
(d)Ramu has some money.He can buy books.(use infinitive)
Answer:Ramu has some money to buy books.
(e)The sky was cloudy.We postponed our journey.(use nominative absolute)
Answer: The cloudy sky postponed our journey.
(f)The boy wrote the answer.The answer was incorrect.(use adverbial phrase)
Answer: The boy wrote the answer incorrectly.
11. in the following pairs of sentences into single compound sentences as directed.
(a) The old man is unwell. He cannot go out, (use illative conjunction)
Answer:He can't go out for he is unwell.
(He is honest. He is humble. (use cumulative conjunction)
Answer:He is not only honest but also humble.
(c) Sonali cannot write poetry: She keeps on trying.(use adversative)
Answer:Somali can't write poetry but she keeps on trying.
Study hard. You will not pass the examination. (use alternative conjunction)
Answer: Neither you study hard not you will not pass the examination.
12. Join the following pains of sentences to single comples sentences as directed .
(a) Rabindranath Tagore is a famous poet. He won the Nobel Prize. (use adjective clause)
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore who is a famous poet, won the Noble Prize.
(b)He returned home. Everyone in the family had fallen asleep (use adverb clause)
Answer:When he returned home everyone in the family had fallen asleep.
(d) The sun rises in the east. Everyone knows it a (noun clause)
Answer: Everyone knows that the sun rises in the east.
13.(a) it rained hard. The roads were not flooded (compound sentence)
Answer:It rained hard although the roads were not flooded.
b) He completed work. He took rest. (Simple sentence)
Answer:He took rest after completing the work.
(c) Rahul is a great singer. He can sing different kinds of songs (complex sentence)
Answer:Rahul is a great singer who can sing different kinds of songs.
[d] The time of departure of the tram has changed. Ala knew it. (complex sentence)
Answer:Ala knew that the time of departure of the tram has changed.
(e) do not watch television. I do not listen to the radio (compound sentence)
Answer: Neither I watch television nor I listen to the radio.
(f)The child was short. The child could not pick the quave from the tree(simple sentence)
Answer:The child couldn't pick the quave from the tree on account of child's shortness.
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