Question

Pranjol and Rajvir discuss their next vacation destination. They shortlist Coorg and Goa. Rajvir is keen on Coorg and tries to convince Pranjol. Develop a conversation between the two, based on your understanding of Glimpses of India.

You may begin like this:

Rajvir: Hey Pranjol! I think we should be visiting Coorg. It is a beautiful place with coffee plantations. I can smell the aroma already!

Pranjol: I gave you the opportunity to explore a tea plantation last year, in Assam; I want to…

Answer 1

• Rajvir: Pranjol! How about Coorg? Its luring coffee plantations and the aroma of the plant floating in the air all are so mesmerizing! Let's make a trip to this destination and then we can think of your Goa.
• Pranjol: We saw coffee plantations in Assam last year. Let’s go to my mother’s grandma’s place in Goa. Those loaves of bread still bring water to my mouth. I loved it as a child when grandma would serve it with bread and jam.
• Rajvir: Yes I too have heard of their varieties of bread. But let’s hear it from you. First-hand knowledge.
• Pranjol: Not exactly first-hand. But yes, the taste still lingers in my mouth. And the bolinhas!
• Rajvir: Yah Bolinhas. The name itself makes my mouth water.
• Pranjol: [Laughs] Don’t get so imaginative right away. When we go there, I will also take you to their bakery.
• Rajvir: Bakery! Collect packets of bolinhas and carry them with us to Coorg to have a feast with their coffee at a top of the Brahmagiri Hills. Imagine the sight of the fauna from there!
• Pranjol: No doubt beautiful. But if you go to Goa, you feel the Portuguese culture trickling down the years in The Indian Valley.
• Rajvir: And in Coorg, it’s the Greek and Arabic culture. Seated amidst the evergreen forests are the spices and coffee plantations.
• Pranjol: of again coffee. Not that I don’t like it, but you are getting obsessed.
• Rajvir: Pranjol, the place Coorg is not just a land of coffee but its megafauna will never ever bore you. Birds, bees, butterflies, rainforests and high energy adventure sports will never let you sit quietly without anything to do.
• Pranjol: Ok! What else?
• Rajvir: It's people. Hospitable and brave at the same time. You must have heard of General Cariappa? {Pranjol nods his head} He was a Coorgi.
• Pranjol: Ohh really? Then I must visit the land of our great General. But wait, let me order some bolinhas first. Can’t miss your coffee either.
• Both laugh.