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What happens to a linguistic minority in a state? How do you think they can keep their language alive? For example:
Punjabis in Bangalore
Tamilians in Mumbai
Kannadigas in Delhi
Gujaratis in Kolkata
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Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far?
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Notice the underlined words in these sentences and choose the option that best explains their meanings.
“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they ______
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Find out about the following (You may go to the internet, interview people, consult reference books or visit a library.)
- Linguistic human rights
- Constitutional guarantees for linguistic minorities in India
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Given below is a survey form. Talk to at least five of your classmates and fill in the information you get in the form.
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S. No. |
Languages |
Home |
Neighbourhood |
City/Town |
School |
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| 5. |
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Have you ever changed your opinion about someone or something that you had earlier liked or disliked? Narrate what led you to change your mind.
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Ageing is a natural process; have you ever thought what our elderly parents expect from us?
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What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
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Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’?
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Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children ‘spilling out of their homes’?
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Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
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What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
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Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
- looking for
- slog their daylight hours
- roof over his head
- perpetual state of poverty
- dark hutments
- imposed the baggage on the child
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What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
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What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
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Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.
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What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
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Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
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What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
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How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
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