NCERT solutions for Environmental Studies - Looking Around [English] Class 5 chapter 18 - No Place for Us? [Latest edition]

Jatrya felt alone, even in a crowd of people. Have you ever felt like this?

Imagine how it feels to leave one’s own place and go far away to live in a new place?

Why do you think families like that of Jatrya’s are coming to big cities?

Have you seen any children (in your school or neighbourhood) who also go to work?

What kind of work do they do? Why do they have to work?

In Khedi village what did children learn?

What do you learn from your elders?

Jatrya learnt so many things in Khedi. How many of those would be useful for him in Mumbai?

Do you hear the sounds of birds every day? Which ones?

Can you imitate the sound of any bird? Show how.

What are some of the sounds that you hear every day, but the people of Khedi may not be hearing?

Have you experienced silence? When and where?

Many people in Jatrya’s village did not agree to move away from their land and forest. Why? They had to leave even though they didn’t want to. Why?

In Khedi, how many people were there in Jatrya’s family? When he thought about his family who all came to his mind?

Who all come to your mind when you think about your family?

Have you heard of people who don’t want to be moved from their old place? Talk about them.

Do you know some people who have never been to school? Do you also know of any place where there is no school?

Think of the kinds of difficulties people have to face where a dam is being built.

Draw a picture of Khedi village and a picture of Jatrya's dream village. Discuss the differences between them. Also, look at the pictures your friends have drawn.

Was Sinduri like the village of Jatrya’s dreams?

What difference did he find between Sinduri and his dream village?

Have you ever been to anyone’s house as an ‘unwanted guest’? How did you feel?

What all does your family do, when you have guests at home for a few days?

What had Jatryabhai thought while moving to Mumbai? Did he find Mumbai as he had imagined?

What kind of school do you think Jatrya’s children would be going to in Mumbai?

Do you know of any family that has come to your town after having moved out of their place? Talk to them and find out:

From where have they come? Why did they have to come here?

What kind of place did they live in there? How do they find this new place compared to the old one?

Is their language and way of living any different from that of the people here? In what ways?

Learn some words from their language and write them in your notebook.

Do they know how to make some things that you cannot make? What?

Have you ever read or heard of a city slum being removed? How do you feel about this?

People also shift from one place to another when they get transferred in their jobs? How do they feel then?

Some people say that – “The city people do not create garbage. Cities are dirty because of the slums.” How do you feel about this? Discuss and debate between yourselves.

Like Jatrya’s family, thousands of families come to stay in big cities for many different reasons. Do you think their life may be better in a big city than it was before? Imagine how they feel in a big city.