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प्रश्न
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Who are paders and why are they friends of children?
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उत्तर
Goa's village bakers, known as paders, sell their bakery products. The children in these villages are particularly fond of them as they bring bread bangles and loaves every morning. While the loaves are sold to households, the children enjoy freely munching on the delicious bread bangles.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
What is the baker called?
When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
Match the following. What is a must
| (i) | as marriage gifts? | cakes and bolinhas |
| (ii) | for a party or a feast? | sweet bread called bol |
| (iii) | for a daughter’s engagement? | bread |
| (iv) | for Christmas? | sandwiches |
What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) when the author was young?
Who invites the comment − “he is dressed like a pader”? Why?
What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?
Is this statement correct?
The pader was an important person in the village in old times.
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker’s bamboo can still be heard in some places.
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession.
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals.
What does the writer recall about his childhood in Goa?
