AP State Syllabus 8th Class English Solutions Chapter 5A Bonsai Life Part 1
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1.Who are these people? What do you know about them?
ans:In the first picture we see Sarojini Naidu. She is also known as The Nightingale of India. She was a poet and an Indian independence activist. In the second picture we see Mother Teresa. She was an ethnic Albanian, Indian Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity and served the needy. In the third picture we see Sunita Williams. She is an American astronaut. Her parental ancestry originates in Gujarat in India
In the fourth picture we see Saina Nehwal. She is an Indian badminton player who attained a career best ranking of 2 in December 2010. The fifth is the picture of Bharatha Das, Inspector of General of Crime Branch, Kerala, the first IG of Police of the Kerala Armed Police Battalions. In the sixth picture we see a village woman and in the last picture we see a city woman
2.Education leads to empowerment of women? Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons?
ans:Yes, I agree with the statement. Women education plays a key role in the social and economic development of the country. Educating a woman uplifts her life as well as the quality of her life
and her entire family. It is a fact that any educated woman will definitely support the education of her children especially a girl child and provide a better guidance to her children. An educated woman will easily imbibe an independent and progressive outlook in her children. More importantly, an educated woman in a society like India will assist in reducing the infant mortality rate and control the blossoming of the population. Hence we can say, education leads to empowerment of women
Comprehension
I. Tick (?) the statements that are true
- The narrator receives letters very frequently. [ ? ]
- The letter brought the news of the narrator sister and brother-in-law arrival. [ ? ]
- The narrator husband was very happy to hear the news of the visitors. [ ? ]
- Akkayya was not interested to continue her studies. [ ]
- The narrator husband likes the traditional food of Andhra Pradesh. [ ? ]
II. Answer the following questions
1."The moment I see letters cant .... contain my excitement" Why does the narrator get excited?
ans:When the narrator gets the letters and reads them she thinks that it is almost as if she is face to face with her near and dear ones and they are speaking affectionately to her. When she reads the letters the exhaustion of office work disappears and her heart grows light. The sight of letters gives her the energy and enthusiasm and then she discharges her household duties very effectively. So, the narrator gets excited whenever she receives letters
2.What change did the narrator observe in her father attitude towards education over a decade?
ans:The narrator father felt in the beginning that education for girls was of no use. Those were the days when people thought it was enough if a girl was able to keep the washerman accounts. So, Nannagaru did not let Akkayya study after class Five. A decade later, when Ammalu was born, there was not much debate as to whether a girl should have education or not. Ammalu was lucky that her father changed with the times. He didnt even hesitate to send her to college
3.Why was Akkayya determined to send her daughter to college?
ans:Akkayya knew very well how she had suffered as she was not educated and not an employee. She didnt have financial independence. She had to depend on her husband even for a few paise worth of karivepaku. She didnt like to keep a girl at home without educating her. She thought that a woman would come to nothing if she didnt have a degree and she would have to live under her husband thumb, like a scorpion under a slipper without it. So, she determined to send her daughter to college
Bonsai Life Part 1 Summary in English
Bonsai Life by Abburi Chayadevi is a plea for educating women, thereby freeing them from their Bonsai Life. Ammalu is a wel! educated woman who works in Delhi. Her sister, on the other hand, is not educated as Ammalu. Their father did not let Akkayya study after class Five. He felt that it was enough if a girl was able to keep the washerman accounts.
But Ammalu was lucky that her father changed with the times and allowed her to send her to college. Ammalu completed her education and married a job holder. Later she took up one well. Because Akkayya was not educated, she was married to a man from the village. Akkayya husband chose agriculture as his profession and settled down in the village to cultivate his land
Ammalu is lazy about writing letters and loves to receive one from some place or the other, every day. She gets excited when she receives one. One day she received an unexpected letter from her Akkayya. Akkayya didnt usually write a letter. So Ammalu thought that there might be a reason. She opened the letter and started reading
Akkayya wrote that she and her husband (Baavagaru) were visiting them soon as they wished to visit Kasi and Haridwar. Both Ammaiu and her husband were excited to know about their visit. For the first time Akkayya and Baavagaru were visiting their home since their marriage.
Akkayya brought cucumber, drumsticks, appadams, vadiyams and coconuts which were all liked by Ammalu husband very much. As Ammalu was always busy with her work, she usually could not find time to prepare the things such as appadams, vadiyams etc. When she expressed the same, her Akkayya consoled her that she didnt know how she was able to manage work at home and in the office. Ammalu was very unhappy with her job. Sometimes, she felt like giving it up. But Akkayya thoughts were different
She felt that a job holder didnt have to beg anyone for anything and Ammalu was able to lead a dignified life because of her job only. Akkayya yearned for the financial independence of a working woman whereas Ammalu longed for happy life of a house wife. Akkayya daughter was in her final year at school. She was determined to send her to college. She felt if a woman didnt have a degree, she would come to nothing
Bonsai Life Part 1 Glossary
exhaustion (n): extreme tiredness
vanish (v): disappear
mutter (v): complain about something privately
savour (n): enjoy eating
sumptuous (adj): grand
dignified (adj): deserving respect
elated (adj): very happy, excited
wretched (adj): very unhappy, miserable
uphill (adj): difficult
enthusiasm (n): a strong feeling of excitement and interest in something
sip (n): a very small amount of a drink that one takes into one mouth
apprehensive (adj): worried or frightened that something unpleasant may happen
avoided (v): prevented from happening
hesitate (v): to slow to speak or act because one feels uncertain or nervous
accustomed (u): familiar with something and accepting it as normal or usual
consoled (v): gave comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy the grass is greener