Wrinkles Poem class 8th. Tulip Series

Wrinkles 

Poem class 8th. Arvind 

PASSAGES FOR COMPREHENSION 

 (1) 

One wrinkle of the time : 

When your father uprooted you 

From the backyard of his house 

To plant you in the courtyard of others. 

 1. Answer the following questions briefly : | 

(i) What does the word ‘wrinkle represent ?

Answer: 1. (i) The word ‘wrinkle’ here represents the pain that the poet's mother had at the ame of departure from her parents’ home after her marriage. 

 (ii)) What does the expression, ‘uprooted you from the backyard of his house,’ ‘mean ? 

Answer(ii) This expression means that the poet's mother left her parents’ home after her marriage. 

2. Choose the most appropriate option 

(i) Who has composed these lines ? 

(a) Alfred Tennyson. 

(b) Wilham Shakespeare.

(c) Arvind. 

(d) Abdul Ahad Azad. 

Answer. (c) Arvind

(ui) The word 'uprooted' has been used as : 

(a) a noun.

(b) an adjective. 

(c) a verb

(d) an adverb. 

Answer. (c) a verb.

Environmental Pollution 

 Or

Pollution

Environmental pollution is the biggest problem facing the modern man. All advancement becomes useless if man does not get the very basic necessity of life, -i.e. fresh and pure air. And only trees can do this service to man. Unluckily man, in his ignorance and greed, has destroyed forests. There was a time when 50% of the Indian soil was covered with forests. But now it is reduced to a mere 8%.

Only recently, our government has become aware of this problem. Various steps have been taken to keep the environment free from pollution. More attention is being paid to afforestation. The unauthorised felling of trees is being checked. Scientists are developing methods to minimise the effect of smoke let out by our autos and chimneys. In fact, environmental 

awareness is a social necessity. It is not only the duty of the government, but also a social responsibility of each one of us to help in keeping the environment free from pollution. 

Uses and abuses of Science essay for class 8th

Uses and abuses of Science

Essay for Class 8th

Science has made our lives comfortable and convenient in so many ways. It has enabled us to save time in all aspects of our lives, from cooking to washing, travelling and communicating. It has made the world smaller and more accessible to us. Science seems to have conquered time and distance.

It is because of science that we are able to cope better with illnesses today. This has made our lives easier and increased our lifespan. In fact, there is no area of modem life in which science has not made an impact.

Almost every day, either new inventions are being reported or existing ones are being improved upon. They are being made faster, safer and even more efficient.

Besides the advantages, there are also some disadvantages of science. The race to develop the most lethal and advanced weapons and bombs like nuclear bombs can lead to total destruction of mankind. We have become too dependent on machines. We do minimal manual or physical work, which is not only making us less capable of doing work manually but also taking a toll on our health. World has certainly become a global village but ironically we are becoming less social. We may watch

TV or chat with friends over mobile or Internet but we hardly have time for our family members, any social gatherings or to visit any social club. Modem technology used in industries and transportation is leading to depletion of natural resources and has also increased the level of pollution.

Colours of Rainbow Story, Class 8th Tulip Series

Colours of Rainbow 

Story, Class 8th Tulip Series

(Chanchal Sharma)

Translated by Shivnath

Colours of Rainbow 

Story, Class 8th Tulip Series

 Summary

The author is looking out of the window. He was watching the beauties of nature. The rain had just stopped and drops of water dripping from plants. The kids were playing and making a lot of noise. Just then his daughter Munni came running up to him and asked him to come and see the swing of gudda – guddi. She pointed towards the rainbow in the sky. She told her father that she wants a swing of her own. The author told her to take the one in the sky which she refused. The author was lost in his own thoughts. He remembered how his grandmother had told her about the gudda – guddi. She had told him that he was a gudda and a guddi would come into his life. The guddi came in the form of his wife. She too had the same dreams as him. But life proved to be very tough for both of them. They with their four children found it difficult to cope up with his limited salary. The author often quarreled with his wife. This time round they also quarreled. The wife hurled choicest abuses at him and he left his home in anger.

The author returned home late at night. He took his meal outside and spent the afternoon in a cinema hall. The children had slept and his wife was waiting for him. She brought a Thali for him. She seemed to be normal. But the author insisted that he would not eat. But his wife insisted that he should eat or else she too will go hungry. She held his arm and the author had to oblige. He forced a morsel into her mouth. They laughed together. The next day the children told each other that their parents had reconciled and the swing of guddh and guddi was brighter that day.

Glossary

awning:                 a canvas supported by a frame to give protection against the weather

barely:                   almost not

oblivious:              not aware of something

splendiferous:       splendid; grand in appearance

musing(n):            thoughts

convolutions:        twists; (here) troubles, difficulties

hues:                     colours

tiff:                       a slight argument

brewing:               about to happen

cherish:          to love, care and protect good riddance: used to express happiness that someone or something unwanted has gone.

hauteur:                 excessive pride

awry:                     not right

well-to-do:             rich, prosperous

remonstrate:           to argue in protest

fortification:          defence

breach:                  to break through

incarnation:           human form

Working with the Text

(A) Answer the following questions.

Question 1. What did the narrator observe when he looked out?

Ans. He observed the beauties of nature. He observed how the drops of water were dripping and sliding down the plants. He paid great attention to the raindrops.

Question 2. Why was the narrator unable to pay attention to what his daughter was saying?

Ans. The narrator was lost in his own thoughts and thus was unable to pay attention to what his daughter was saying.

Question 3. Why did the narrator have a tiff with his wife?

Ans. The family was hard up. The expenses had increased and the limited salary was insufficient for them to live a good life. The wife kept reminding the narrator of their poverty. This irritated him and he had a tiff with her.

Question 4. What did the narrator find when he returned home late at night?

Ans. When the narrator returned the kids had gone to sleep. The wife was sitting all by herself. She had not eaten since morning and was waiting for her husband.

Question 5. Why did the narrator not have an appetite?

Ans. The narrator had taken his lunch with his friends and thus had no appetite for more.

B) The following phrases, phrasal verbs, and idioms occur in the text. Find the sentences in which they occur.

burst into laughter, close by, looked at, cope with, wan and weak, all by herself, feel homesick, grown-up, in a huff, lost sight of, get up, got fed up with, picked up, hard up

(C) There are many Hindi words used in the story. List those Hindi words and write them in the space provided.

1. Papaji
2. Gudda –guddi
3. Buddtic Prakash
4. Thali
5. Chapati

Language Work

Binomials

Binomials are expressions (often idiomatic) where two words are joined by a conjunction (usually ‘and’). The order of the words is usually fixed. It is best to use them only in informal situations, with one or two exceptions.

Odds and Ends: Small, unimportant things, e.g.: Let’s get the main things packed; we can do the odds and ends later.

Give and take: a spirit of compromise, e.g.: Every relationship needs a bit of give and take to be successful.

• Here are some jumbled binomials. Using similarities in sound, join them with ‘and’. Then check a dictionary that you have the right word order.

prim all high safe rough bread butter dry tough sundry proper sound

Ans. Prim and proper; all and sundry; high and dry; safe and sound; rough and tough; bread and butter.

Ans. Law and order; now and then; hit and trial; clean and tidy; pick and choose.

• The following binomials do not have and in the middle. What do they have? Check-in a dictionary if you are not sure.

1. Sooner …………………later

2. All ………………… nothing

3. Back …………………. Front

4. Sink ………………….. swim

5. Slowly ……………….. surely

6. Make ………………… break

Ans.

(1) Or 

(2) For

(3) to

(4) or

(5) but 

(6) or

Use the following binomials in your own sentences:

i) part and parcel
Ans. joys and sorrows are part and parcel of life
ii) pick and choose

Ans. We must not follow pick and choose approach in life
iii) leaps and bounds

Ans. Cities are growing in leaps and bounds

Now Do it yourself
iv) peace and tide
v)first and foremost
vi)here and there
vii)on and off
viii)to and fro
ix)ladies and gentlemen
x)black and white
xi)sooner or later
xii)hot and cold

Grammar Work

Question tags (Do you? Isn’t it? etc.)

Put a question tag at the end of the following sentences. The first two have been done for you.

1. Tom won’t be late, will he?

2. You’re tired, aren’t you?

3. You’ve got a camera, haven’t you?

4. You weren’t listening, were you?

5. She doesn’t know Aneeka, does she?

6. Mubashir is on holiday, isn’t he?

7. Ram’s applied for a job, hasn’t he?

8. You can speak Dogri, can’t you?

9. He won’t mind if I use his phone, would he?

10. There are a lot of people here, aren’t here?

11. Let’s go out tonight, should we?

12. This isn’t very interesting, is it?

13. I’m too impatient, aren’t I?

14. You wouldn’t tell anyone, would you?

15. You wouldn’t listen, would you?

16. I shouldn’t have lost my temper, should I?

17. Don’t drop that vase, will you?

18. You’d never met me before, had you?

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series summary and exercise

 Achilles

Story Class 8th Tulip Series

SUMMARY of Achilles

The story Achilles has been written by ‘Gerald Durrel’. In this story, the narrator is surprised to meet the Rose Beetle man during his travels because he had a fairy tale air about that was impossible to resist. The narrator could hear him long before he could see him. He was saying and playing a rippling tune on a shepherd’s pipe. Rose Beetle man had a fox-like a face with large eyes. His dress was fantastic. He had a hat on his head. His shirt was worn around his neck. The pockets of his coat bulged and his patched trousers dropped over a pair of leather shoes with upturned toes. He had carried on his back-Bamboo cages full of pigeons and young chickens. When he saw the dog of narrator, the Rose Beetle man stopped and smiled at them. The narrator asked him if he had been some fiesta. He nodded his head vigorously, raised his pipe to his lips and played a lilting tune on it and then stopped and smiled and rubbed his forefinger and thumbs together, expressing that he wanted money. 

The narrator realized that he was unable to speak. After a long conversation between them, the narrator asked the Rose Beetle man the price of the little tortoise. He showed him all the fingers of his both hands. The narrator denied and showed two fingers. At last, the Rose Beetle man handed him the tortoise and held up five fingers. The narrator wanted to show the animal to everyone at his home. So, he hurried off along the road. The new arrival was christened Achilles and turned out to be an intelligent beast, with a sense of humour. He loved grapes as much as Roger did. So, there was always a great rivalry among them. But the fruit that Achilles liked best was the wild strawberries. Achilles developed a passion for the human company. One day the garden gate was left open and Achilles was nowhere to be found. At some length Achilles was found dead. He had fallen into a well. Lessie attempted at artificial respiration and Margo suggested for forcing strawberries down his throat, but they failed to get any response. His corpse was buried in the garden under a small strawberry plant. It was only marred by Roger, who despite all protests insisted on waging his tail throughout the burial service.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

Glossary

Mythology : a body of myths (stories about superhuman beings taken as a true in ancient cultures)

Fairy-tale   : extremely happy or fortunate

Weird         : very strange and unusual

Rippling     : making a sound of water flowing quietly.

Floppy        : soft and not able to maintain a firm shape or position.

Dangle        : to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely

Cravat        : a wide straight piece of material worn loosely tied in the open neck of a shirt.

Lilting         : gentle and pleasant.

Waggle        : to (cause to) move quickly up and down or from side to side.

Fiesta        : a public celebration in Spain or Latin America, especially one on a religious holiday, with entertainments and activities.

Pantomime: an amusing musical play based on traditional children‘s stories performed especially at Christmas.

Whirl         : (to cause something to) spin around.

Sprightly   : energetic and in good health.

Warble      : to sing, especially in a high voice.

Lumber     : to move slowly and awkwardly.

Legal         : royal, supreme.

Respite      : pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT 

Q.1. How was the Rose-Beetle Man dressed?

Ans: Rose-Beetle Man’ s dress was fantastic. On his head, he had a hat with a wide floppy brim. His shirt was worn. Round his head dangled a cravat of blue stain. His patched trousers drooped over a pair of leather shoes with upturned toes.

Q. 2. How do we know that the Rose-Beetle Man cared well for his pets?

Ans. He had kept his pets in a sack. When he undid his sack half a dozen tortoise came out tumbling. He had polished their shells with oil and decorated their front legs with little red bows. This shows that he cared well for his pets.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

Q. 3. What made the narrator select one particular tortoise from among the other animals?

Ans: When the Rose-Beetle Man undid a small sack, half a dozen tortoises tumbled out of it. One among them took the narrator‘s fancy. It was small with a shell size of a teacup. Its eyes were bright and its walk was alert. This made the narrator select it from among the other animals.

Q. 4. How did Achilles enjoy eating strawberries?

Ans: The fruit that Achilles liked the best was wild strawberries. He would become hysterical at the mere sight of them. The small strawberries he could devour at a gulp. But if he was given a big one he would grab the fruit and take it to a quiet spot among the flowerbed, where he would eat it at leisure.

Q. 5. How were Roger and Achilles rivals?

Ans. Both Roger and Achilles liked grapes. Before the arrival of Achilles, Roger enjoyed full part of grapes. Now the Achilles became his partner, therefore there was a great rivalry between them.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

Q. 6. Why did Achilles find Roger irritating?

Ans: Achilles loved grapes as much as Roger did. Achilles would sit mumbling the grapes in his mouth, the juice running down his chin and Roger would lie watching him, his mouth drooling saliva. Then Roger would creep up to Achilles and lick him vigorously to get the grape- juice which irritated Achilles.

Q. 7. How did Roger feel at Achilles’ funeral?

Ans: Roger felt happy at Achilles‘ funeral. He kept on wagging his tail throughout the burial service.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

Q. 8. The family wandered about the olive-groves, shouting “Achilles … Strawberries, Achilles …” at length, we found him.

a) How had Achilles escaped?

Ans. Achilles was habitual to walk through the whole garden. One day, the garden gate was left opened and Achilles got an opportunity to escape from the garden.

b) Explain why the family shouted “strawberries” during their search.

Ans: Strawberries were the favorite fruit of Achilles. The family wanted Achilles to hear the call and get tempted & return.

c) Where did the family finally find Achilles? What had happened to him?

Ans. Finally, the family found Achilles in the well, the wall of which had long since disintegrated. He had fallen into the well and was quite dead.

Q. 9. There are many instances of humor in the story. Pick out any two of them.

Ans. The story has many humorous instances. Eating of grapes by Achilles and running of juice from his mouth is humorous. Searching down the path of sunbathing person and sleeping on a belly is a humorous instance in the story.

Achilles Story Class 8th Tulip Series 

LANGUAGE WORK

Make anagrams using the following words with the help of the clues given in the table below:

Word             Anagram                     Meaning

_______________________________________________

Looped             Poodle                  an intelligent breed of dog.

Schoolmaster  The Classroom  The Classroom where lessons are taught.

Listen               Silent            making no sound.

Married            Admirer       fan.

Rabies             Serbia          country in Southeast Europe.

Real fun         Funeral          performed after someone’s death.

Retain             Retina          part of the human eye. 

Charm             March          movement of soldiers.

GRAMMAR WORK

(i) Some of the following sentences are incorrect. Correct them.

1) We get a lot of English home works. 

Ans. We got a lot of homework.

2) I’ve got some sands in my shoe.

Ans. I’ve got some sand in my shoe.

3) Did you hear the news about Sara? 

Ans. Did you hear news about Sara?

4) We need more chairs in this room. 

Ans. We need more chairs in this room.

5) Can I have some more pasta?

Ans. Can I have some more pasta?

6) He carried my luggage to the taxi.

Ans. He carried my luggage to the taxi.

(ii) Insert ‘a’ or ‘an’ wherever necessary.

1. Why are you taking an umbrella? It isn’t raining.

2. I had soup and a bread roll for lunch.

3. It was a good idea to have a party.

4. She’s looking for a job in Jammu.

5. I often go to her for advice.

(iii) Fill in the gaps with a noun from the words given using a/an/the wherever necessary.

Chair, Suitcase, Fly, Rice, Furniture, day, weather, accidents, luggage.

1. There’s a fly in my soup.

2. I have to some furniture for my new house.

3. I haven’t got much luggage with me. Just this bag

4. It’s a sunny day today.

5. There weren’t any accidents on the roads yesterday.

(iv) Which of the underlined words in the parts of these sentences is correct?

1. Hurry up? We haven‘t got many / a lot of time.

Ans. a lot of

2. I don‘t eat much/many chocolates. Ans. many

3. I didn‘t take much / many photographs. Ans. many

4. I don‘t listen too much / many classical music.

Ans. much

Life, Class 8th, Tulip Series JKBOSE

 Life 

Class 8th, Tulip Series JKBOSE

GLOSSARY

captivity              = The state of being imprisoned

shroud                 = a cloth that is used to wrap a dead body (winding-sheet, covering)

confront              = to face, meet or deal with a difficult situation (challenge)

penance               = an act which shows that you regret what you have done, (atonement, expiation, self-mortification, self-punishment)

rumble                 = to make a continuous low sound (boom, thunder, roll, roar, resound, reverberate, echo, grumble)

parched                 = very thirsty (dried up, arid, desiccated, dehydrated, baked, scorched; opp: soaking)

Mamta                 = motherhood 

boon                     = something that is very helpful and improves the quality of life (blessing, advantage, godsend

stroke                   = of luck; opp: curse

comprehend         = to understand (grasp, take in, apprehend, follow, make sense of, decipher, figure out)

meditate                = to think deeply (contemplates, think, reflect, deliberate, ruminate, brood mull over, put on one‘s thinking cap)

yearn                     = to have a strong desire (long, pine, crave, desire, hanker, wish, covet)

renunciation         =The act of leaving or abandoning someone or something.

Thinking about Text

Q. No. 1. What answer did the stars give to the wind?

Ans: Since the stars have their own shine, they responded in their own way. They told the wind that shining with one’s own brightness is life. They have got their own light and they are shining with this light to help others to find their way. They are not dependent on others. It there is dependence in life, it is not the life in the real sense of the word. For them, life is to have their own light.

Q. No. 2. What was the moon’s reply?

Ans: The moon laments for it is not blessed with a light of its own. The borrowed light has lifted indelible spots on its surface. It is a lifeless entity. It replied that its life is dependent on others and feels lifeless entity and child of the ocean.

Q.No. 3 What was the ocean’s response?

Ans: The Ocean replied that the idea of life was to realize one’s limitations and maintain one’s dignity in order to contain all bitter experiences and to take them as pearls and rubies. Life is also a penance or renunciation as if it (ocean) is the cause of somebody’s death, it also regrets it by giving them pearls and rain as its salty water creates pearls and creates rain-filled clouds.

Q.No 4. What was the earth’s reply to the question put forth to her by the wind?

Ans: For earth, the meaning of life is ‘love’. Earth considers herself the mother of all lives and says that the sympathy of the mother is the gift of life. Earth says that it takes water from clouds, rivers, and streams and distributes everything that sprouts from it, so this taking and giving is life for her.

Q. No. 5. What was the little girl doing when the wind saw her?

Ans: The little girl was lighting new lamps with the lamp that was already alight in her hand. In other words, she was generously spreading light and joy. Thus she was giving real meaning to her life.

Q.No. 6. Why was the Wind impressed by the little girl?

Ans. The wind was impressed by the girl because from the words that the girl told her she found the real meaning of life. The girl had left some lamps unlighted. When she was asked the reason for this, she answered that there was no point in lighting them since they had no oil in them. She was lighting only those who were longing to awake and waiting to be lighted. It impressed the wind. The wind understood that helping those who have a strong desire to live is the real meaning of life.

Q.No. 7. Why did the wind join the girl?

Ans: The wind joined the girl because she was greatly impressed by the girl’s action of lighting the lamps and answer given by her.

The wind understood that helping those who have a strong desire to live is the real meaning of life. Thus the Wind forgot everything and joined her.

LANGUAGE WORK

I. Choose appropriate tiller for the following:(Kindly consult your textbook),(Answers Only):

1. He tames because of he

Ans: (c), He is fond of them.

2. He is so lazy that he

Ans: (c), He can seldom complete his work.

3. Whichever way you approach the problem

Ans: (d), It will not be solved.

4. The doctor warns him that unless he gives up smoking

Ans: (d), He will not recover.

II. Write two synonyms of each of the following Words: (Answers Only):

1. Abhor = Hate, Detest, Dislike, Despise

2. Betray = Expose, Reveal, Deceive, Grass

3. Counsel = Advice, Discuss, Guidance, Direction

4. Delight = Please, Satisfy, Pleasure, Happiness, Joy

5. Educate = Amend, Improve, Teach, Instruct

6. Fate = Destiny, Fortune, Luck

7. Generous = Benevolent, Big-hearted, Lavish, Liberal

8. Hasty = Quick, Speedy, Hurried, Swift, Rapid, Fast

9. Intellectual = Knowledgeable, Intelligent, Logical, Scholarly

10. Justice = Fairness, Impartiality, Rightfulness, Uprightness

11. Languid = Lazy, weak, Unhurried, Unenergetic, Relaxed

12. Mend = Aid, Patch, Repair, Fix, Restore

13. Nonsense = Senseless, Gibberish, Babble, Drivel

14. Obstacle = The difficulty, Problem, Complication, Hindrance, Restraint

15. Palatable = Edible, Pleasant, Tasty, Satisfying

16. Queer = Unusual, Unexpected, Odd, Expose, Endanger

17. Religious = Sacred, Spiritual, Holy, Pious, Puritan

18. Sober = Temperate, Moderate, Intoxicated, Serious

19. Transient = Fleeting, Passing, Brief, Temporary, Short-lived

20. Urge =Need, Wish, Impulse, Itch, Craving

GRAMMAR WORK

Write the following sentences inserting ‘to’ wherever necessary before the infinitive in brackets:

1. I have no money (lend) you.

Ans. I have no money to lend you.

2. We saw the thief (run).

Ans. We saw the thief running.

3. We heard her (sing).

Ans. We heard her singing.

4. They watched their team (play).

Ans. They watched their team play.

5. He made us (wait) for a long time.

Ans. He made us wait for a long time.

6. Let him (work).

Ans. Let him work.

7. Need I (come) tomorrow?

Ans. Need I to come tomorrow?

8. Do you wish to make (make) a complaint?

Ans. Do you wish to make a complaint?

9. A heard a hen (crow) and got up.

Ans. He heard a hen crowing and got up.

10. How dare you (read my letter? Ans. How dare you to read my letter?

11. It is up to you (increase) your knowledge.

Ans. It is up to you to increase your knowledge.

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12. Bid him (go) there.

Ans. Bid him go there.

13. Goodbye! I hope (see) you again. Ans. Goodbye! I hope to see you again.

14. I would like (be) a teacher.

Ans. I would like to be a teacher.

15. He learned (swim) when he was ten years old.

Ans. He learned to swim when he was ten years old.

16. I’m tired. I want (go) to bed.

Ans. I’m tired. I want to go to bed.

17. What have you decided (do)?

Ans. What have you decided to do?

18. We should learn (speak) the truth. Ans. We should learn to speak the truth.

19. Where is Sumaya? I need (ask) her something.

Ans. Where is Sumaya? I need to ask her something.

20. I’m trying (concentrate). Please stop talking.

Ans. I’m trying to concentrate. Please stop talking.

Let’s Write

1. Write a dialogue (100-150 words) on ‘Life is Gift’.

Shahid: Hello Shabir, how is your life going on?

Shabir: I’m spending my days pretty well.

Shahid: OK Shabir. Now tell me, how were your exams?

Shabir: Oh yes, I’ve done very well. I expect this year I come out as flying colour.

Shahid: Oh that’s great! I wish for your great success. How’s your friend, Mohsin? I’ve not seen him for the last few months.

Shabir: Shahid, as you know our friend had been suffering from Asthma for the last seven years and…..yesterday he died of Asthma.

Shahid: Oh my God! That is terribly sad news. I can’t believe it! 

Shabir: Actually he was living in the pollution-prone area and he was a little careless about his health.

Shahid: Oh yes, it is certainly said that life is a gift and we must take great care of it.

Wrinkles Poem class 8th Tulip Series

Wrinkles

Poem class 8th Tulip Series

My mother, 

Making bold today 

I begin to count 

Wrinkles on your face. 

One wrinkle 

Of the time 

When your father 

Uprooted you 

From the backyard 

Of his house 

To plant you 

In the courtyard of others. 

One wrinkle 

Of that time 

When I nourished myself

On your blood 

And grew In your womb. 

Another wrinkles 

When I Sucked 

From your breast 

The comeliness of your face. 

Still another wrinkle

When a girl

Took me away 

From you.

Mother, my mother 

Taking courage 

In my hands today 

I'm seeking 

Under the skin of your wrinkles

A girl 

Who was suppressed, . 

Who celebrated raade festival 

With fondness, 

Who went to the Tawi 

To immerse raade seedlings 

And bathe during the Navaratras,

Who played hopscotch 

And the game of pebbles. 

I'll bring for you

Everything: 

Colours for raade, 

Tinsel for your dupatta, 

Colourful pebbles 

From across the Tawi. 

Become that girl,

Mother,

Just for a day. 

--Arvind 

Translated from the Dogri poem Jhuriyaan by Shivanath. - 

Glossary

Raade:     a festival celebrated by girls of pre-puberty age during the Navaratras 

dupatta:        veil

Tawi:              a river of Jammu

make bold:    become courageous

uproot:           to pull out or remove

comeliness:    attractiveness

Navaratra:       a festival of Hindus, celebrating the various forms of goddess Durga

tinsel:              glittering decorative metallic strips or threads

Summary of Wrinkles by Arvind Krishna

The poet ‘Arvind ’ talks about the sacrifices of mothers for their children. The title of the poem ‘wrinkles’ is symbolical of the sufferings of a mother right from her childhood till she grows up, is married and then becomes a mother. A mother makes sacrifices for the well-being of her children. The poet in the poem has begun to notice the wrinkles on his mother’s face and he intends to iron out these wrinkles. The poet summons the courage to tell his mother of the first wrinkle which she developed owing to her father who pulled her out from the backyard of his house only to place her in the courtyard of her in-laws. She got the second wrinkle at the time when the poet was developing in her womb.

The third wrinkle became apparent owing to the suckling of the poet which wore away the attractiveness of his mother’s face. The fourth wrinkle was caused when the poet got married to a girl who tore him away from his mother. The poet is ashamed of himself for being apathetic. He now picks up the courage to ask his mother for the girl who she has concealed under the folds of her skin. The poet then continues to say about this girl. He says it is the same girl who was suppressed but who would celebrate the raade festival with complete pleasure. It is the same girl who would love to play hopscotch and the game of pebbles.

In the last stanza, the poet earnestly requests his mother to become the same girl who she was before her marriage. He further tells her that he would bring everything that she would enjoy herself with, only to see her smiling and enjoying the life in full.

Thinking about the Poem

Q.1. How many wrinkles does the poet find on the other mother’s face?

Ans. The poet finds four wrinkles on his mother’s face.

Q.2. What does the first wrinkle stand for/represent?

Ans. The first wrinkle represents the time when she got married and was sent to her in-laws.

Q.3. What does the second and the third wrinkles represent?

Ans. The second wrinkle represents the time when she got pregnant and the third wrinkle represent the time when she bore her child and suckled him which wore away all her attractiveness.

Q.4. What is the poet seeking under the wrinkles of the mother?

Ans. He is seeking the girl who would celebrate the raade festival with utter pleasure, and who would play the game of pebbles and hopscotch with happiness.

Q.5. What activities the poet’s mother used to do when she was a girl?

Ans. She used to enjoy the raade festival. She used to immerse the raade seedlings. She used to take bath during Navaratras. She used to play hopscotch and the game of pebbles.

Q.6 What is the poet’s wish as it emerges in the last stanza of the poem?

Ans. The poem ends with the aspiration of the poet who aspires to change his mother back into the girl who knew how to draw enjoyment from all the small things.

You can also write these answers

Q. 1. How many wrinkles does the poet find on mother’s face?

Ans. If we read the poem carefully, we will see that the poet has used the word “wrinkle” four times and “wrinkles” two times. So we can say that the poet has found four wrinkles on the mother’s face. Since the poet has written the last wrinkle as suppression, so there may be five wrinkles on the mothers face.

Q. 2. What does the first wrinkle represent?

Ans. The first wrinkle represents the marriage of his mother, when her father got her married and she was separated from her birth home to another’s home where she had to live her entire life with an unknown person.

Q. 3. What do the second and the third wrinkle represent?

Ans. Second wrinkle represents the time when the child was not born and was in the womb of the mother growing there by sucking every drop of blood in the form of mother’s food.

The third wrinkle represents the time when he sucked the attractiveness of her face by sucking her milk from her breasts.

Q. 4. What is the poet seeking under the wrinkles of the mother?

Ans. Under the wrinkle of the mother, the poet is seeking a young aged girl who is fond of playing hopscotch and the game of pebbles.

Q. 5. What are the activities the poet’s mother used to do when she was a girl?

Ans. When the poet’s mother was a girl, she used to celebrate Raade Festival and immerse Raade seedlings in River Tawi. She used to bath during the Navratras and was fond of playing hopscotch and the game of pebbles.

Q. 6. How does the end?

Ans. The poem ends with poet saying that he will bring colours of Raade, colourful stripes for his mother’s dupatta and colourful pebbles for his mother so that his mother would look like a girl as she was in young age. He wishes to bring the happiness and pleasures of her young age so that she would be happy as she used to be in her young age.

Language Work

‘Making bold today’ is an expression or phrase used in the second line of the poem which means ‘becoming courageous this time’.

Now write the meanings of the following phrases or expressions as used in the poem:

1. from the backyard: her own house.

2. On your blood: food from mother’s womb.

3. nourished myself: kept myself alive.

4. took me away: was married.

5. taking courage: being bold.

6. seeking under the skin: real face

7. just for a day: from her home.

Let’s Write

1. ‘Paradise lies beneath the feet of the mother’. Sum up the idea in a brief paragraph.

Mother is the greatest gift of God. She is the sustainer of life. Paradise really lies beneath the feet of the mother. This has been told by the Prophet (PBUH). The mother takes great pains to give birth to a child after nourishing it for nine months in her womb. She feeds the body from her body. She will endure to keep hungry but never ever would she let her child be hungry. Nobody can pay back his / her mother. When the child grows up it is his duty to serve her. And if one does this, he is sure to be loved by God.

2. Write a profile of your mother.

The name of my mother is Khatijah. She is forty years old. She is tall and thin and has a beautiful smile. She is a housewife. She is very active and moves around the house very briskly. She gets up early in the morning and keeps everything ready for me. She prepares my breakfast and readies me for school. She always advises me to speak the truth. She scolds me only when I do some serious mistake. She is quite educated and guides me in my studies. My personality is incomplete without her. She has contributed a great part of her life to make me a nice boy. She is a religious lady. She offers prayer regularly without any fail. She also advises me and others to have true faith in God. She always keeps a smile on her face. She never uses abusive language but everyone is persuaded by her sweet words. By holding my finger, she has taught me how to walk and talk. I like her very much.

Letter to your Uncle Thanking him for a Birthday gift

 Letter Writing

Write Letter to your Uncle Thanking him for a Birthday gift

72, Ward no. 15

Sanasar,

Date 22 June 2021

My Dear uncle,

We all are fine here. I hope you are also fine. Your delightful present came to hand this morning and I must thank you very much indeed for it. It is really very kind of you to think of me. I thank you for the gift you sent me on my birthday. 

It is a beautiful watch. All my friends liked it very much. I needed this watch. Now I will not be late for school. I will come to meet you soon. Take care of yourself. 

With love and respect to you and dear Aunt.

Your affectionately Nephew

Name Rohit Kumar

Mercy Poem Class 8th Tulip Series summary

Mercy

Poem Class8th, Tulip Series

The quality of mercy is not strained.

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes

The throned monarch better than his crown.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;

But mercy is above this sceptered sway.

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;

It is an attribute to God Himself;

And earthly power doth then show like God's

When mercy seasons justice.

                                        - William Shakespeare

Summary of the poem 

The poem ‘Mercy’ is a sonnet written by William Shakespeare. The poet says that the attribute of mercy is something which every a human being is born with but few intend to adhere very strictly to it, as we can only plead for mercy in our authority for the same. Mercy is like rain which falls off the heaven upon the earth after the scorching heat to quench its thirst. Mercy is a divine quality. It’s a double a blessing because it gives pleasure to both the giver and the receiver.

Mercy is more powerful than the most powerful kings. Mercy is better than the crown of the king because this crown can entitle him to the temporal authority only. He can threaten the people who’re very meek but he would be far from being admired. Everyone sets a high value on mercy. Mercy dwells in the heart of a real king who treats his people nicely and fairly without forcing them to toil hard. Mercy is compared to a drizzle which quenches the thirst of the earth after scorching heat.

Similarly, mercy soothes the aching nerves and heals the wounded hearts. Mercy is the quality of God. When mercy is mixed with justice, any earthly power can appear like a god.

Glossary

strain’d:                                     forced.

droppeth:                                   drops; descends

become:                                     to suit; to enhance the appearance of someone

crown:                                       symbolizes the supreme power of the king.

sceptre:                                      the royal wand,

enthroned:                                 seated(in the hearts of kings).

attribute:                                    quality.

Thinking about the Poem

Question 1. Where does the quality of mercy come from? Who are blessed by it?

Ans. The quality of mercy comes naturally. It is a divine quality which gives pleasure to both the giver and the receiver.2. How according to the poet is mercy better than the crown of the mightiest (the king)?

Question 2. How according to the poet is mercy better than the crown of the mightiest (the king)?

Ans. According to the poet is mercy is better than the crown of the mightiest kings because it earns us the love and respect of the people around. Moreover, the crown of the king is a temporal authority.

Question 3. What does scepter stand for? How does it affect the kings?

Ans. Scepter stands for authority. It affects the kings because many a time they do not use their powers fairly.

Mercy Poem Class8th, Tulip Series

Question 4. When does earthly power look like God’s?

Ans. Earthly power looks like God’s when it is mixed with justice.

Question 5. How is mercy alone the “sceptred sway”?

Ans. Because though you can make the people work the way you want them to, they will never feel compelled.

Question 6. What happens when mercy seasons justice?

Ans. It appears to be the power of God.

Language Work

a) “It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven”

Mercy has been compared to gentle rain using the word “as”. A comparison using the words ‘as’ and ‘like’ are called similes. However, comparisons not using these words are called metaphors.

Find out the similes and/or metaphors in the poem.

Ans. The similes are: As the gentle rain from heaven; power doth then show like God’s.

The Metaphors are: becomes the throned monarch; sceptre shows the force of temporal power.

b) The poet in the second line of the poem has used the word ‘droppeth’ which in poetical language means ‘to drop’. Find out the similar words in the poem and also write their meanings as used in the poem.

Ans. Blesseth – blessed

Doth – does

Reference to context with explanation

A) Reference to context: These lines have been taken from the poem, ‘Mercy’ authored by a renowned English poet, William Shakespeare. This poem is a part of the speech made by Portia when she tries to persuade shylock to show mercy on the poor Antonio and spare his life. In this poem, the poet talks about a godly attribute, mercy. The poet compares mercy to the earthly powers and imparts the idea that it is a mercy that is mightier than the mightiest. The poet wants to say that by showing mercy, humans connect to God as they make an exhibition of a godly virtue.

Explanation:

These are the opening lines of the poem in which the poet says that mercy is such a quality that is natural to a human being. It is not produced by effort, it flows out from a person like a benign river. The poet believes mercy to be a heavenly quality that has descended from the heavens and rested on the Earth.

Mercy is the kind of a virtue that comes with double blessings for it blesses the both – the one who shows it and the one who receives it.

B) Reference to the context:- These lines have been taken from the poem, ‘Mercy’ authored by a renowned English poet, William Shakespeare. This poem is a part of the speech made by Portia when she tries to persuade shylock to show mercy on the poor Antonio and spare his life. In this poem, the poet talks about a godly attribute, mercy. The poet compares mercy to the earthly powers and imparts the idea that it is a mercy that is mightier than the mightiest. The poet wants to say that by showing mercy, humans connect to God as they make an exhibition of a godly virtue.

Explanation:- In these lines, the poet makes a great deal of praise of the virtue, mercy. He, after comparing mercy to the different worldly powers, comes to the conclusion that mercy has the greatest power among all. A crown which is a symbol of authority and grace is overshadowed by this heavenly quality that is christened as mercy. A king or a ruler can exercise his power, his force throughout his life through his powers are limited on this earth only. They last for a short duration but time. The kingdoms where the king is so full of himself thinks high of himself, considers himself and his orders to be the best, are not the happy ones for there, in the hearts of the people, rests not the respect but fear of the monarch.

C) Reference to context:– These lines have been taken from the poem, ‘Mercy’ authored by a renowned English poet, William Shakespeare. This poem is a part of the speech made by Portia when she tries to persuade shylock to show mercy on the poor Antonio and spare his life. In this poem, the poet talks about a godly attribute, mercy. The poet compares mercy to the earthly powers and imparts the idea that it is a mercy that is mightier than the mightiest. The poet wants to say that by showing mercy, humans connect to God as they make an exhibition of a godly virtue.

Explanation:- In these lines, the poet places mercy above the royal rule because mercy doesn’t decorate our heads and is not present in the hands either. It shelters itself in the pious most place of a human body i.e. heart. Mercy is the quality that is present in God as well. Humans, by displaying this virtue, can thus relate themselves to the all supreme, the creator the Almighty. Humans ought to be just and fair while pronouncing the verdict against the culprits but they must always remember to adorn their justice with this heavenly quality known as mercy.