Chapters
Chapter 1.2: A Synopsis-The Swiss Family Robinson
Chapter 1.3: Have you ever seen...?
Chapter 1.4: Have you thought of the verb ‘have’
Chapter 1.5: The Necklace
Chapter 2.1: Invictus
Chapter 2.2: A True Story of Sea Turtles
Chapter 2.3: Somebody’s Mother
Chapter 2.4: The Fall of Troy
Chapter 2.5: Autumn
Chapter 2.6: The Past in the Present
Chapter 3.1: Silver
Chapter 3.2: Reading Works of Art
Chapter 3.3: The Road Not Taken
Chapter 3.4: How the First Letter was Written
Chapter 4.1: Please Listen!
Chapter 4.2: The Storyteller
Chapter 4.3: Intellectual Rubbish
Chapter 4.4: My Financial Career
Chapter 4.5: Tansen
Chapter 5: Tansen
Balbharati solutions for English Kumarbharati 9th Standard Maharashtra State Board Chapter 5 Tansen Warming Up! [Page 105]
Indian Classical music consists of many Ragas. Find out from an expert or the internet, the names of at least 10 Ragas, and the time when they are sung to produce a greater effect.
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Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.
Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
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There are many legends about the ‘nine gems’ in Akbar’s Court. These are popular tales and they may not have a historical basis. Can you name some of the nine gems and the stories associated with them?
Balbharati solutions for English Kumarbharati 9th Standard Maharashtra State Board Chapter 5 Tansen English Workshop [Page 108]
Pick out Archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.
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Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“Mighty thy Teacher must be and divine.”
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“He dwells within a cave of Himalaya.”
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“As you desire, Huzoor.”
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
“O Holy Master, bless us with thy song !”
Who said the following, to whom, and when?
"Ah no, to thee I sing: he sings to God.”
Rearrange the following in their proper order as in the poem. Write the serial number against each line:-
(a) The Ostad sang the Malkous Raga enchantingly.
(b) Akbar followed Tansen, dressed miserably.
(c) I request you to sing such a song that will I experience unmatched joy.
(d) Ostad was nowhere to be seen.
(e) O Divine Teacher, please gift us the joy of your song.
(f) One day, the singer sang Deepak Raga in the court.
(g) Akbar expressed his wish to meet the Teacher.
(h) He experienced heavenly delight.
(i) Tansen sings to please the earthly king but Ostad devotes his songs to God.
(j) She sang Raga Malhar, which had a cooling effect.
Write the reason in your own words.
Akbar strongly desired to hear Ostad sing.
Write the reason in your own words.
Akbar had to dress like a slave.
Write the reason in your own words.
After the song, Ostad had vanished.
Write the reason in your own words.
Ostad’s song was more elating than Tansen’s songs.
What message does the poet wish to convey through this narrative poem, ‘Tansen’?
Summarise this poem in your own words in 8 to 10 lines, highlighting only the main points.
Chapter 5: Tansen
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