MATCHBOX
Ashapurna Debi always compare women
to matchboxes. Though matchboxes have the power to destroy everything, they
remain calm like women.
There was a three storied house. When
Nomita took Ajith’s dress to give the washer man she got a letter to her from
his pocket, which come three days before. Ajith had opened and not mentioned
about that to her.
It is a usual habit of him, though
Nomitha protested. First he used laugh it away. The letter was written by
Nomitha’s mother. It contained the usual complaints about her life. Mother was
a widow. Still she could send her daughter to a wealthy family on the strength
of look alone.
Actually mother wanted money from
Ajith. Ajith knows it. Nomitha felt shame and it was really an insult to her.
She used to tell her mother not to ask for money. At first mother wrote even on
post card.
When she met Ajith she was angry.
Ajith said that he was looking whether it was a love letter. They quarreled. He
called her mother a beggar. In a rage she burned her sari. He suddenly put of
the fire. He was terrified.
Nomitha took the dress to washer man.
However she didn’t reveal anything to her neighbors.
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Mending Wall
The poet tells us that something
doesn’t love a wall. The poet and his neighbor repair jointly the wall every
spring. The wall separates their properties.
What is the need of a wall? Truly he
poet grows apples and his neighbor pine trees. The neighbor’s opinion is that
“good fences make good neighbours”. The poet imagines the neighbor as a person
who is addicted to age old systems. But he simply repeats the proverb.
The wall not only separates their
properties, but also it acts as a barrier to friendship and communication. It
lead to alienation, emotional isolation and loneliness. The natural world does
not like the existence of such a wall.
The poem is a sad reflection on
today’s society, where man made barriers exist between people, groups, nations
base on discrimination of race, caste, creed, gender and religion.
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Horegallu
In every tiresome journey, we need a
place to rest and regain our energy.
Everyone is carrying heavy burdens of problems and worries. They need a place to unburden themselves.
Sudha Murty in “Horegallu” talks
about a stone bench under the village banyan tree. People used to sit there and refresh
themselves during their long walks. Like
the physical horegallus people need emotional horegallus as well. The author’s grandfather was such a one.
The grandfather used to sit on the
stone bench and listen to the worries of the villagers. In the modern times the author found Ratna, a
clerk in her office doing the same service.
She used to listen to the problems shared by her colleagues.
People sometimes need to share their
worries and problems with someone else.
In the present times everyone is busy and no one has time to listen to
others. Talking itself can release a lot of pressure. It is not necessary to suggest
solutions.
A good listener should be patient and
sympathetic. Also he should not be
critical. It is not necessary to be
immensely intelligent or professionally trained. Most of all, a good listener
should be trustworthy. Our present times
require more and more horegallus.
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Any woman
Any woman, by Iris poet Katherine Tynanan is a celebration of the all comprehensive and
selfless love of mothers,. A mother expresses her sentiments on her role in
holding the family together. She is the keystone of the arch which hold the
roof and walls of the house. The house represents the family.
She is the fire which gives warmth to the
family and the sun that gives warmth and light to the earth. For the children
the mother is the the ‘sacred ring’ that protects them and the knot of the love
that binds them together. She decorate the walls, arranges food, curtains and
the bed. The poem ends with a touching prayer to God to prolong her life until
her children grow up. A women’s role is
indispensable even to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The poem bonds in metaphorse like
pillars, sacred ring, the keystone of the arch and the knot of love.
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The hour of truth
Mr Baladwin is the secretary of a powerful
bank and the president is Mr John Gresham. It is seen that Mr Baldwin is not
satisfied with the salary he gets. Mr John Gresham Baldwin’s Bose is accused of
corruption and he is arrested. However Mr. Gresham was a good boss to Mr
Baldwin.
The trial comes and Mr.Gresham requests Mr
Baladwin to say simply three words. He offered one hundred thousand dollars as
reward. It was really a huge amount at that time.
Money change the family values. Mr Baldwin’s
family also tells him to say the three
words. Mr Baldwin is not ready to accept a bribe. He cannot bear telling a lie
and he rejects the offer. Mr Gresham fell a shamed and he felt to rethinking.
He confesses the crime. Mr Baldwin’s honesty helped him to find a job in
another bank. His reputation begin to grow. The theme is based on greed,
punishment, deception, frustration etc.
All this metaphors points to the the
complex nature of natural love. The poem caries and optimistic mode and serious
tone.
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A Three Wheeled Revolution
Irfan
Alam founded the Samman Foundation. It was to modernize the rickshaw building
sector in Bihar. The lesson titled “A Three Wheeled Revolution” is an interview
with Irfan Alam. Irfan Alam started life from very humble background. This
lesson tells us how he could become a successful entrepreneur. He shares the
story behind his entrepreneurship. Alam was once travelling in rickshaw. When
he felt thirsty he wanted to get water from the rickshaw puller. But he could
not provide water since he couldn’t afford it in his rickshaw.
Soon Irfan thought of a business
idea. He started an agency named ‘Saman Foundation’ . This agency plays an
important role to organise the riksha pullers. With this agency hey coud
increase the living conditions of the rickshaw pullersa. He used rickshaws as a
source of income from advertising- music and newspapers for passengers- first
aid and the selling of cold water and juice. They were given accident and
health insurance. They were given ID cards & uniform. Their relatives were
given free evening classes.When he reached to the United States at the
presidential entrepreneurship summit He
met truly great people like Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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