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प्रश्न
What does a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ mean?
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उत्तर
A ‘jackfruit-like appearance’ means a plump physique. Such a physique was linked to the bakers because they never starved. Baking was a profitable profession. The baker, his family, and his servants always looked happy and prosperous and had a ‘jackfruit-like appearance’.
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?
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?
Where were the monthly accounts of the baker recorded?
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. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves. (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
The tiger never brushed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughty, angry, funny)
Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he say the following?
The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous. (matter-of-fact, hopeful, sad)
What does the writer recall about his childhood in Goa?
How is the Goan baker still an important part of the life of a Goan village?
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Who are paders and why are they friends of children?
