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Glimpses of India
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Bodhidharma, an ancient Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep.
1. Who was Bodhidharma?
2. Why did he cut off his eyelids?
3. Find a word in the passage that means opposite to ‘allowed’.
1. Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk.
2. He cut off his eyelids because they made him feel sleepy while he was meditating.
3. Banished.
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Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Why would the baker come everyday? What announced his arrival?
What would the baker do after his musical entry?
How did he treat the kids who surrounded him?
How did the children get along with the baker?
Or
Why would the children run to meet the baker as soon as he arrived?
How do you know the kids were excited about the bread?
‘The tiger never brushed his teeth.’ Why does the author say so?
What are the different varieties of bread? Which occasions are they associated with?
Or
What are bol and bolinhas? Why are they necessary and when?
What did the bakers wear: (i) in the Portuguese days (ii) when the author was young?
How was baking a profitable profession?
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