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 Keeping Quiet Summary in Hindi   “कीपिंग क्वाइट” चिली के कवि पाब्लो नेरुदा द्वारा लिखित एक शांति कविता है। कवि मानवता से एक से बारह तक की संख्या गिनने के लिए कहता है। बारह एक घड़ी में दिखाए गए घंटों की संख्या या राशियों की संख्या भी हो सकती। वह सभी से न बोलने का अनुरोध करता है क्योंकि भाषाएं लोगों के बीच अवरोध पैदा करती हैं। जिस क्षण हर कोई अपने शरीर को हिलाना बंद कर देता है वह पल बहुत ही खास और अलग होगा जैसा कि हमने पहले कभी ऐसे क्षण का अनुभव नहीं किया है। कवि का कहना है कि निष्क्रियता के इस दौर में मछुआरे व्हेल को नुकसान नहीं पहुंचाएंगे, नमक इकट्ठा करने वाले अपने हाथों को चोट नहीं पहुंचाएंगे, जो प्रकृति को नष्ट करने में व्यस्त हैं वे जीवन के प्रति एक नया दृष्टिकोण अपनाएंगे। जो लोग निर्दोष लोगों की मौत के आधार पर युद्ध और जीत की तैयारी कर रहे हैं, वे अपने दुश्मन में शामिल हो जाएंगे और उनके साथ एकता में खड़े होंगे, कुछ भी नहीं करेंगे। कोई भी खुद को या किसी अन्य व्यक्ति को नुकसान नहीं पहुंचाएगा। हर कोई एकजुट होगा और उसके कार्यों पर विचार करेगा और उसके कर्मों के परिणामों को महस...

 Theme of the Poem The power of silence and thought as a means of comprehending and engaging with the world is the theme of the poem “Keeping Quiet” . In order to develop a better understanding of themselves and their surroundings, the poet emphasizes on stillness and watching nature. The speaker makes the claim that one can develop a sense of oneness with one’s surroundings and other people by remaining silent and observing. The poem also considers how the modern world may be noisy and distracting and how spending some time to be silent and still can be a helpful strategy for obtaining clarity and inner calm. Keeping Quiet Introduction The poem “Keeping Quiet” written by Pablo Neruda discusses the need of maintaining peace and silence. He stresses upon being quiet and harmless to the human beings, animals and environment. He suggests that in order to maintain peace and harmony, it is required to stop and introspect ourselves. This is a peace poem written by the Chilean poet Pablo ...

लेखिका के बारे में (About Kamala Das) कमला सूर्या (31 मार्च 1934 – 31 मई 2009), जो अपने एक समय के कलम नाम माधविकुट्टी और विवाहित नाम कमला दास के नाम से लोकप्रिय हैं, एक भारतीय अंग्रेजी कवि और साथ ही साथ केरल, भारत की एक प्रमुख मलयालम लेखक थी। केरल में उनकी लोकप्रियता मुख्य रूप से उनकी लघु कथाओं और आत्मकथा पर आधारित है, जबकि कमला दास के नाम से लिखी जाने वाली अंग्रेजी में उनकी कविता, कविताओं और स्पष्ट आत्मकथा के लिए विख्यात है। वह एक व्यापक रूप से पढ़ी जाने वाली स्तंभकार भी थीं और उन्होंने महिलाओं के मुद्दों, बच्चों की देखभाल, अन्य लोगों के बीच राजनीति सहित विभिन्न विषयों पर लिखा। महिला कामुकता के प्रति उनका खुला और ईमानदार व्यवहार, किसी भी तरह के अपराध बोध से मुक्त, उसे लेखन शक्ति से प्रभावित किया और उसे आजादी के बाद आशा मिली, लेकिन उसने उसे अपनी पीढ़ी में एक आइकनकोस्टल के रूप में भी चिह्नित किया। 31 मई 2009 को, 75 वर्ष की आयु में, उनकी पुणे के एक अस्पताल में मृत्यु हो गई। Summary of My Mother at Sixty-six in Hindi यह भारतीय कवि कमला दास द्वारा लिखी गई एक मार्मिक कविता है, जिन्होंने ‘मा...

  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...

 Deep Water Summary The story has been taken from the author’s autobiography- ‘Of Men and Mountains’. In this piece, he tells about his fear of water and how he conquered it by determination and willpower. As a child, when he was 3 or 4 years old, he would go to the beach in California with his father. He would get scared by the might of the huge waves which swept over him and it instilled fear in his subconscious mind. A few years later, in his eagerness to learn swimming, he joined a swimming pool where an incident further increased his terror. He was pushed into the pool by another boy and experienced death closely. Many years after that incident, he stayed away from water but the desire to go fishing and swimming in nature was strong enough to motivate him to overcome his fear. He learned swimming with the help of an instructor who ensured that William knew swimming well enough to be able to swim in huge lakes and waterfalls also. Still, when he would swim, the fear from his ch...

  The Lost Spring Summary Summary of The Lost Spring – Stories of stolen Childhood – The author tells us stories of her interactions with children from deprived backgrounds. She describes their poor condition and life in an interesting manner. The story touches the reader and is thought-provoking. The author described two of her encounters with children from deprived backgrounds. Through them she wants to highlight the plight of street children forced into labour early in life and are denied the opportunity of schooling. Also, she brings out the callousness of society and the political class towards the sufferings of the poor. The first encounter is with a rag picker boy named Saheb – E – Alam who migrated from Bangladesh in 1971 and lives in Seemapuri in Delhi. These ragpicker children look for ‘valuables’ in the garbage – things like a coin or torn shoes which are as precious as ‘gold’ for them. They could hardly manage some food for themselves, other things like identity, educat...

  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...