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The Cabuliwallah [The Fruitseller from Kabul] – Rabindranath Tagore My five years’ old daughter Mini cannot live without chattering. I really believe that in all her life she has not wasted a minute in silence. Her mother is often vexed at this, and would stop …
Vocabulary Exercise – 18 English Skill Building – 18 Knowing the use of these words will help you to top the class in English Quaint My grandfather had got a table and a chair made by the village carpenter out of Mahogany wood for his …
Standing Up for Yourself by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Summary and answers for all the questions from the lesson ‘Standing Up for Yourself’ included in the CHSE +2 book ‘Invitation to English – 1’. Summary: Yevtushenko was left to fend for himself after his parents divorced before …
Vocabulary Exercise – 17 English Skill Building – 17 Words that enable you to top your class in English Renege The workers of the jute mill went on a strike when the management reneged on its promise to subsidize the factory canteen by half, citing …
Vocabulary Exercise – 16 English Skill Building – 16 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Grouse [as noun] The politician found to his dismay that the audience gathered for his meeting appeared listless and un-attentive. On inquiry, he found that they were …
In London in Minus Fours Louis Fischer Answers for all the questions from the lesson ‘In London in Minus Fours’ included in the CHSE +2 book ‘Invitation to English – 1’. Think it out – 1 1. Why was Gandhi chosen as the sole delegate …
The Cancer Fight, from Hiroshima to Houston Ritsuko Komaki Answers for all the questions from the lesson ‘The Cancer Fight, from Hiroshima to Houston’ included in the CHSE +2 book ‘Invitation to English – 1’. Think it out – 1 1. How did Hiroshima become …
The Flower School Introduction .. Rabindanath Tagore is the iconic Bengali writer who brought India its first (only, so far) Nobel Prize in Literature. Through the innocent eyes of a school-going child, the poet captures the thrill and excitement of the blossoming of flowers with …
The Drover’s Wife The two-roomed house is built of round timber, slabs, and stringy-bark, and floored with split slabs. A big bark kitchen standing at one end is larger than the house itself, veranda included. Bush all around – bush with no horizon, for the …
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail …