English

I remember a story a man from Udipi once told me. In the line: 'Thirty years later I visited his town and the temple, which was now drowned in an air of desolation' -

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

I remember a story a man from Udipi once told me. As a young boy, he would go to school past an old temple, where his father was a priest. He would stop briefly at the temple and pray for a pair of shoes. Thirty years later I visited his town and the temple, which was now drowned in an air of desolation. In the backyard, where lived the new priest, there were red and white plastic chairs. A young boy dressed in a grey uniform, wearing socks and shoes, arrived panting and threw his school bag on a folding bed. Looking at the boy, I remembered the prayer another boy had made to the goddess when he had finally got a pair of shoes, ''Let me never lose then." The goddess had granted his prayer. Young boys like the son of the priest now wore shoes. But many others like the rag pickers in my neighbourhood remain shoeless.

In the line: 'Thirty years later I visited his town and the temple, which was now drowned in an air of desolation' - what is the meaning of 'desolation'?

Options

  • A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

  • Great unhappiness and loneliness.

  • In the state of unpleasantness.

  • In the midst of getting drowned.

MCQ

Solution

A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

shaalaa.com
Reading Comprehension (Entrance Exam)
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Advertisements
Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×