Question

Role Play:
Your teacher will divide the class into groups of four and ask them to act out the following roles:
Kalam
Ramanadha Sastry
Aravindan
Shivaprakasan

In your group you should play the role allocated to you by engagmg in a conversation in which the friends
a) Express surprise and joy at meeting each other after nearly fifty years
b) Fondly recall their childhood times
c) Compare the problems facing the country then with the problems she is facing now.
d) Discuss what can be done to rid her of these problems

(Refer to the SWOT analysis of lndia)

After the role play, your teacher will invite some of the groups to share with others what problems they discussed and the solutions they proposed.

Answer 1

Students to role play as desired above. One version o·f one group is given below : 
(a), (b) Kalarn : Oh What a pleasant surprise to meet after nearly fifty years 1

Rarnanadha Sastry : i never expected to see all of you as I am seeing nowi

Ara vindan : I agree with you, Kalarn. No one knew that we all shall meet like this.

Sivaprakasan : Yes, it is a fact. You can guess how many of our childhood friends have met so far 1 Really  those days were very carefree and enjoyable 1 Now it is truly amazing and exciting to meet together.

Kalarn : What times were those of our childhood 1 We used to sit together. play and laugh together. Do you remember our new teacher who asked me to sit on the back bench?

Rainanadha Sasty : I can perceive how he felt ashamed of himself when my father asked him to either resign or apologise. He did a good thing to have regretted his lapse.

(c). (d) SiL:aprukasun : Our childhood days were really heavenly and worth relishing. As we grew up, we all separated Kalam went out to pursue higher studies. T became a catering contractor for the Southern  Railways Ramanadha became the priest. I realize that times have changed now Now there is fear in the  hearts of all caused by regionalism, communalism, religious fanaticism, lingual ism and above all terrorism.

Aravindan : I agree with Sivaprakasan We have the problems of corruption. bribery, cheating, adulteration  etc.

Kalam : These were not there in our childhood days. What makes me sad is that we are slowly losing the moral values. These were everything in life in the past. But not now In our childhood days we all were an integral part of one whole society. Now there are feelings of distrust, dishonesty and deception .

Swaprakasan  : What pains me much is that we have become self-centred, selfish and opportunistic.

Rama nadha Sczstry : In our childhood days, these things were not known. Then we all had great respects for adult s. grandparents, etc. But now the society is breaking up due to inhuman relationships.

Kalam : No doubt, social and familial values are changing. But what matters is that we still can set things right. The problems pointed out by you facing the society and the country can be tackled successfully if we become honest to ourselves. We shall have to counter these problems by taking the help of the law For instance. we shall have to report to the Ant i-corrupt ion Bureau about those  demanding bribery ....

Araujndan :  I agree with Kalam. To counter these problems we first shall have to be fearless, upright and true to our consciences. These problems are essentially of a moral nature.

Sivaprakasan : These are problems of a different nature like poverty, hunger. communal riots, terrorism, religious intolerance, exploitation, child labour, regionalism etc.

Kalam. : These can be tackled by discussing across the table. India, you know, is great and has the capacity to get rid of these problems. We mustn't forget that we all are the children of Mother india. We must sit together to thrash out their solutions and first make a plan. 

Rurncznadha Sastry :  I think we must provide measures for the people to create an emotional bond. Also we must unite them in one great emotional string through basic humanism.

Kalam : i think we must create these values through education, constitution. art, literature. music, national festivals, flag, anthem, sports and Bollywood What is needed is changing the vision of all towards the self, society and the country. After all, we must think that we arc a big family The culture of such a family runs across different religions. cultures, beliefs. faiths etc.

All : We all must work towards building a great country through material progress and humanism. Humanism. you know, used to be our basic ideology and culture and it must continue.