Health does not always come from medicine. Most of the time it comes from peace of mind, peace in the heart, peace in the soul. It comes from laughter and love.
Prescribed Books 1. Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi (Prose) 1) The Last Lesson Lost Spring Deep Water 2) The Rattrap 3) Indigo 4) Poets and Pancakes 5) The Interview 6) Going Places (Poetry) 1) My Mother at Sixty-Six 2) Keeping Quiet 3) A Thing of Beauty 4) A Roadside Stand 5) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers 2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi 1) The Third Level 2) The Tiger King 3) Journey to the End of the Earth 4) The Enemy 5) On the Face of It Memories of Childhood 6) The Cutting of My Long Hair 7) We Too are Human Beings
Theme of My Mother at Sixty-Six Ageing and the bond between a mother and her child are the themes in the poetry “My Mother at Sixty-Six”. The poem reflects on their strong bond and affection while describing the speaker’s observations of their mother’s physical and emotional changes as she ages. Summary my mother at sixty six This is a touching poem written by Indian poet Kamla Das who wrote under the pen name of ‘Madhavikutty’. In this poem, she describes her feeling of love and attachment towards her ageing mother. Once the poet went to visit her mother. She was on her way back to the the airport to return to Cochin. She looked at her mother who was seated beside her in the car. Her mother had dozed off to sleep and her ageing face – was smoky in colour like ash. Her mouth was open and she resembled a dead body. The poet realized that her mother was old. She felt pain and sympathy for her. Her mother needed love, affection and care. In order to come out of the gloom, the poet s...
The Last Lesson Summary The story is narrated by a French boy, Franz. He is lazy but sensitive and likes to play. He dislikes studying French and hates his teacher M. Hamel. After overpowering their districts of Alsace and Lorraine in France, Berlin has ordered that German language instead of French be taught in the schools there. It is the last day of their French teacher M. Hamel, who has been there for forty years. He is full of grief, nostalgia and patriotism. As a mark of respect to his hard work, the village men also attend his ‘last lesson’. They are sad as they did not learn their mother tongue, French in their childhood. Franz is shocked to know that it’s his last lesson, as he does not know French. Now, suddenly, he gets interested in learning it and understands everything taught on that day! He develops an instant liking for the teacher, M. Hamel and respects him for his sincerity and hard work. He feels sad at departing from him and is ashamed for not being able to re...
Really true
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