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love-hate relationship with nature speaker's love for mother (also family) Questions given: Is the description of the mother similar to that of other Indian mothers? Is this poem about the conservation of nature? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flowering_Tree:_A_Woman's_Tale The day after the first rain,  Monsoon. for years, I would home in a rage, Interesting. What are you so mad about, speaker? for I could see from a mile away From a mile away, on the way home our three Red Champak Trees  OUR three red champak trees had done it again, meaning they've done it before had burst into flower and given Mother  her first blinding migraine first but not last; blinding because of the extent of the pain she's in in of the season these migraines last the whole season with their street-long heavy-hung yellow pollen fog of a fragrance The pollen grains have made the air thick like fog - in fact the air IS yellow with it's...

To begin with, two things - firstly, I'm disappointed in you, Khushwant Singh, and second, this chapter is less about India than it is about Tyson's love for Martha. What's important in this sad little short story is: Indians' views on foreigners and vice versa Tyson's love for Martha the four types of foreigners - lovers, haters, half-haters and question marks (people whose opinion others don't know about) about the NARRATOR, not author And that's all there is to it.  :/

Originally I thought this chapter was about food and the dignity of life. I was right, but in a tangentially wrong direction. In this short sad story Anita Desai covers the generation gap, identity, the conflict between duty as a son and duty as a doctor, as well as the hypocrisy in perception of the same. Rakesh’s duties as a son were to study well, score well, work hard, earn well, marry well, settle well and then take care of his family well; Rakesh performed his duties in the superlative degree. Rakesh is seen as a “perfect” son – dutiful, humble and devoted – but perhaps Desai is commenting on the Indian standards of perfection. The first page and three other sections later in the story got a lot of attention in class. To begin with, “When the results… golden and glorious.” ·          Didn’t even come inside – anxious about results ·          “went up the steps” – not ran; calm and c...

Not a conversation but a rambling monologue Poet mocking "Indian English" by using it - satire Irony is that a professor speaks it As given by Prof. Felix, NOTE: The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel is a satirical poem in the form of a monologue. The poet uses (in order to mock) Indianisms in English and adapts English language to adopt native language structure. A Professor, as the one who teaches, should be in proper command of the medium he uses; therefore the poem is ironical. Explanation: Remember me? I am Professor Sheth. Shouldn't the student be approaching the teacher, saying "Good evening, sir, I'm so-and-so from your geography class, batch of '79.."  Once I taught you geography. Now The horror begins here. " Once I taught you geography"??? This man has obviously never met a Grammar Nazi. I am retired, though my health is good. My wife died some years back. It's like he's assuming that the student assumes that he has ...

:P Okay, let's begin with the portion: POETRY: Requisites: context - content - form (format of answering questions) Notes 1. My Grandmother's House (Kamala Das) http://www.projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2014/06/notes-on-my-grandmothers-house-by.html 2. Love at First Sight (Wislawa Szymborska) http://www.projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2014/09/notes-on-love-at-first-sight-by-wislawa.html PROSE: Requisites: Patience Common sense Notes Ability to answer questions after text 3. Lajwanti (Rajinder Singh Bedi) http://www.projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2014/08/notes-lajwanti-by-rajinder-singh-bedi.html 4. Childhood (Ismat Chugtai) 5. Umpiring! (Moti Nandy) 6. South Indian Filter Coffee with Amma (Julie Sahni) (even the title is so long) http://www.projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2014/08/notes-south-indian-filter-coffee-with.html 7. A Scientific Religion (V. Raghunathan) http://www.projectcctvnotes.blogspot.in/2014/09/notes-on-scientific-religion-by-v.html SELF-LEARN...

1. Comment on the title of the essay. 2. Write a charactersketch of Maara. 3. Discuss the relationship between man and nature, as in the narrative, "An Indentured Spirit." 4. Discuss the relationship between the author and Maara. 5. How does the wordly-wise Maara outwit the intellectually superior narrator? What does it tell you about life and living? 6. Comment on Maara's superstitions and faith, and how it works to the advantage of the narrator. So let's begin with the character sketch, shall we? Elaborate on the points I'm listing below: aged, reluctant assumes accusatin of theft, defends himself using irrelevant points like "won't fit me" very bitter about puppy - ruined his sleep lazy old mn - weary old man too old to be tempted to steal leisurely soul believer: birth-rebirth cycle very "worldly wise" "extraordinary intelligence lurked beneath the cover of idiocy" very nice line: "didn't see much d...