GENTLEMEN OF THE JUNGLE • All the jungle animals came to

the spot.
1. Why did the man start
• Finally the jungle king lion
grumbling?
arrived.
OR
• He ordered to appoint a
Why was the commission of
commission of enquiry.
enquiry appointed?
• The elephant –one of the
• Man had a hut at the edge of
ministers of jungle kingdom
the forest.
began the work of forming the
• An elephant made friendship
commission.
with man.
• The fox was the chairman.
• Once there was a thunder
• The leopard was the secretary.
storm.
• The rhino, buffalo and alligator
• The elephant came to the man.
were the members.
• It asked for space in the hut to
• None from man’s side was in
put the trunk in.
the commission.
• The man was kind.
• Man objected.
• The man provided the same.
• Jungle lords told- men are not
• But the elephant was very
well educated.
cunning.
• They can not understand the
• He pushed his whole body into
complex jungle laws.
the hut slowly.
• Jungle king Lion assured man
• Then he flung the man out.
justice.
• Man got angry.
• But the commission favoured
• He started grumbling. the elephant.
• All the jungle animals came to • Man was not given justice.
the spot.
• They asked man to build a new
• Finally the jungle king lion hut.
arrived.
• Man kept quiet.
• He ordered to appoint a
• He was afraid of the sharp teeth
commission of enquiry.
and claws of the jungle animals.
• The elephant –one of the
ministers of jungle kingdom
3. Trial of the enquiry
began the work of forming the
commission.
commission.
• The jungle king lion appointed a
commission of enquiry.
2. Write a note on the
• Fox was the chairman; leopard
commission of enquiry.
was the secretary; rhino,
• The elephant flung the man out.
alligator, and buffalo were the
• Man got angry. members.
• He started grumbling.
• None from man’s side was in • Again there was trial of enquiry
the commission. commission.
• The elephant bribed the • Again man was done injustice.
personnel of the commission. • This continued everytime , he
• The commission was biased. built a new house.
• The elephant was first called. • Man was tired.
• The elephant told that there was • He wanted to teach the animals
huricane. a lesson.
• Man invited the elephant to fill • The huts of animals were
the unoccupied place and save decaying.
his hut. • Man built a new huge hut.
• Elephant obliged as it was his • The animals came one by one to
duty. encroach.
• The commission called the man. • The late comers had no space in
• They didnt allow man to speak the hut.
clearly. • They started qurrelling.
• They asked if there was • When they were busy fighting,
someone else to fill empty man set fire to the hut.
space. • The animals didn’t notice.
• Man said there was none. • All jungle lords were burnt alive.
• They accepted elephant’s words • Man was happy.
as final version. • He said –“Peace is costly; but it
• They asked elephant to is worth the expense”
continue the occupation of the
hut.
• They ordered man to build a
new small hut for himself.

4. How did man buy peace

finally?
• The commission favoured the
elephant.
• Man was not given justice.
• They asked man to build a new
hut.
• Man kept quiet.
• He was afraid of the sharp teeth
and claws of the jungle animals.
• Man built a new hut.
• But soon another animal rhino
encroached it.
ORU MANUSHYAM • The narrator lived in a small
dingy room in a dirty street.
1. Describe the city and its • Here he taught writing address
inhabitants. in English to the migrant
• Once the narrator went to a big workers.
city. • He did this job from nine thirty
• It was in the valley of to eleven at night.
mountain. • But the earning from this job
• It was thousand five hundred was very little.
miles away from his native. • So he got up late at four in the
• The inhabitants of this city afternoon.
didn’t know the quality of • He did so to avoid the expense
mercy. of breakfast and lunch.
• They were very cruel. • His savings so far was fourteen
• Murder,robbery, pick-pocketing rupees.
were the daily occurrences
here. 3. The narrator’s embarrassing
• By tradition they were experience at the restaurant.
professional soldiers. • One day the narrator got up at
• Some of them worked as four in the afternoon as usual.
watchmen in banks and large • After his daily chores he went
commercial establishments in out with wallet in his coat
large cities. pocket.
• Some others went to distant • It had fourteen rupees in it.
lands and did money lending • He entered a crowded
business. restaurant.
• Money was highly valued by • He ate chapati and meat curry
them. and drank tea.
• They were ready to do • The bill was eleven annas.
anything, even commit murder. • He went to pay the bill.
• But his wallet was missing.
2. The narrator’s life in the big
• He told the manager that
city. someone has picked the wallet.
• Once narrator was in a big city. • But the owner didn’t believe in
• It was in the valley of his words.
mountain.
• He got angry. He gave a loud
• It was thousand five hundred guffaw.
miles away from his native. • He held the lapels of narrator’s
• The inhabitants of this city coat.
didn’t know the quality of • He threatened to gouge out his
mercy. eyes.
• They were very cruel.
• The narrator started sweating • He took out five wallets from
profusely. his many pockets.
• He looked around for a helping • Then he asked the narrator to
hand. pick his wallet.
• But none seemed to help him. • The narrator took his wallet.
• They watched like hungry • The money in it was in tact.
wolves. • He thanked the stranger in a
• The owner asked narrator to kind of confusion.
take off his shirt, coat, shoes • The man who saved him from
and even the trousers though the crisis was the man who had
he had nothing underneath. stolen his wallet.
• The narrator was experiencing
a lot of humiliation.
• Suddenly, a stranger arrived.
• He saved the narrator from this
tough situation.

4. Describe the stranger -

“Mercy”
OR
Who saved the narrator?
• The narrator was experiencing
a lot of humiliation.
• Suddenly, a stranger arrived at
the scene.
• He was a fair complexioned
man.
• He was six feet tall.
• He had blue eyes and handle
bar moustache.
• Probably he was the inhabitant
of the city.
• He was wearing red turban and
white trousers.
• The stranger asked the owner
the bill amount.
• He paid the bill.
• He asked the narrator to wear
his dress and follow him.
• He stopped at a deserted
bridge.
 MONEY MADNESS
Describe the havoc created by
money madness.
• “Money Madness” is a poem • Before man starts killing one
written by [Link]. another, we must regain sanity
• The poet speaks about vast about money.
collective money madness of • To regain the sanity about money,
mankind. the basic needs like bread, shelter
• Money is one of the important and fire must be free.
things to a human being to lead a • Thus the poet speaks about the
happy and comfortable life. cruel impact of money madness
• But today too much importance is on society.
given to money.
• We value people based on the
money.
• Money has become our madness.
• It is not only individual madness.
• It is vast collective madness.
• The whole mankind is under its
impact.
• Man does not want to share even a
little amount of money.
• He feels a pang when he hands out
a pound note.
• He has a real tremor when he has
to part with ten pounds.
• Man is afraid of becoming
moneyless.
• Money makes us quail.
• It has got us down.
• If one has no money, he is left to
eat dirt and go cold.
• To save himself from eating dirt ,
he saves money.
• He is mad for money.
• The poet feels this should change.
BABAR ALI • He attends the school in the
morning.
1. Write a note on Babar Ali the
• In the afternoon, other children go
youngest Head –Master.
to playground to play.
Biographical note:-
• But Babar goes to his backyard
• Babar Ali is the son of Nasuriddin
where he teaches hundreds of
Shaikh , a jute seller
children.
• Nasiruddin Shaikh was dropout
• In fact it was born out of a game-
and believed that education is man’s
school school game.
true religion.
• Babar acted as teacher and other
• Babar lives in Bhapta
children were the students.
neighbourhood in Gangapur village
• Those children enjoyed the game.
in Murshidbad district of West
Bengal. • They had never been to school.
• He lives with his parents and • So Babar started a school at the age
siblings in a small house which is of of nine.
the size of average city kitchen. • There were only 8 students in 2002
• Babar is not very rich; but he is when it was started.
fortunate among other kids. • Later the strength was 800.
• Because unlike them he could get • Babar’s father Nasiruddin Shaikh
proper education. helped him initially.
• Later many like-minded people
An ideal student:- came forward to help him.
• Babar Ali is a class XII student in
Cossimbazar Raj Govind Sundari 2. Write a note on Anand Shiksha
Vidyapeeth. Niketan-the school started by
• He gets up at seven in the morning. Babar Ali.
• He finishes some daily chores and • Anand Shiksha Niketan is the school
then leaves for school. started by Babar Ali.
• He takes an auto first and later • In fact it was born out of a game-
walks five kilometres. school school game.
• He is a thin gangly boy. • Babar acted as teacher and other
children were the students.
• He sits in the middle of the front
row. • Those children enjoyed the game.
• He is studious and smart in his blue • They had never been to school.
and white uniform. • So Babar started a school at the age
• He is a model student. of nine.
• He is the first member of his family • There were only 8 students in 2002
to get proper education. when it was started.
• Later the strength was 800.
As the youngest head-Master:- • The students from I to VIII std are
taught here.
• Babar Ali is the youngest head-
master in the world. • Help comes to Babar from many
people- his father, his teachers,
• He became the head- master at the
monks of Ramakrishna Mission,
age of 16.
sympathetic IAS officers, local cops
• The name of the school is –Anand
and illiterates like Tulu Rani Hazra.
Shiksha Niketan.
• There are 10 volunteer teachers most
• He is himself a student of class XII.
of whom are high school students.
• The most educated is Debarita, who • He taught them what he learnt in the
goes to college in Behrampur. school.
• Class I and II have over 200 students
and class VIII has only 20 students. 4. Who helped Babar in his little
• Text books are free from class I to V. afternoon venture?
For the rest the students must Who was Tulu Rani Hazra? How did
manage with their money. she help Babar?
• The mid day meal is provied to the • Babar wanted to help the under-
students- first by Babar’s father , privileged children of his village.
later by donors and now it comes • So he started a school for them.
from govt aid. • His father initially supported him
• There is no building for school. with his own income.
• Even the head master sits in a • Later the help came from different
dilapidated concrete structure corners.
covered in half torn posters. • His own teachers, monks of
• Teachers teach their students under Ramakrishna Mission, sympathetic
the open sky. IAS officers, local cops helped him.
• Children sit in the mud, others on • His own friends worked as volunteer
the rickety benches. teachers.
• The The school is recognised by the • Even government came forward and
West Bengal state government. provided mid day meal.
• It gave the school an official
3. Why did Babar start the school? recognition.
What did the children do before • An illiterates fish monger Tulu Rani
Babar started the school? Hazra too helped him.
• Babar was one of the fortunate souls • Clad in widow’s white , stick in
in his village. handshe was a crusading
• Because unlike most children there , educationalist,
he could have formal education. • She gave the opening bell in the
• He was fortunate also because he school in the afternoon.
was the son of Nasiruddin Shaikh • During her fish selling rounds she
who believed that education is man’s confronted erring parents.
true religion. • She had enrolled 80 students.
• The other children of his
neighbourhood were too poor to go to
school.
• Though education was free, they still
had to pay for books and uniforms.
• Their parents couldn’t afford it.
• They sent their children to work and
earn money.
• The boys worked as mechanics, day
labourers, grass cutters, live stock
herders, etc.
• The girls worked as maid servants-
cooked, cleaned,washed utensils and
clothes.
• Babar wanted to change this.
• So he decided to start a school.
 IF I WAS A TREE
Why does the poet wish to be a
tree?
• “If I was a Tree” is a poem written • Thus he would be able to touch
by Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy. the sacred cow and the thousands
• It is a satire on a social evil of of gods residing in her.
caste system. • After the life span, the tree would
• The social discrimination and the be cut into pieces.
humiliation is so harsh. • It would be used in holy fire and
• The speaker a dalit, wants an become pure.
escape. • It would also be used in bier
• Therefore he wishes to be a tree. which would carry a sinless body.
• If he becomes a tree none will • Thus there is escape from
question its caste. humiliation.
• The bird will approach to build • And there are many benifits for
the nest. being a tree.
• It will not ask its caste. • There are chances to get the life
• The sunlight will embrace and the purified too.
shadow will not feel defiled.
• The friendship of the cool breeze
and the leaves would be very
sweet.
• The rain drops would touch
lovingly.
• They would not turn back
considering him as a dog-eater.
• When the new roots would sprout
out, mother earth would not flee
shouting for bath.
• Besides he would get a chance to
purify his life.
• The holy cow would scrape her
body on the bark of the tree.