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Kathmandu
Question
The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?
Solution
‘All this’ refers to eating a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob roasted in a charcoal stove (rubbed with salt, chilli powder and lemon), and reading a couple of love story comics and a Reader’s Digest.
Some More Questions From Kathmandu Chapter
How does Vikram Seth describe the Hindu temple?
How does Vikram Seth describe the Buddhist shrine of Kathmandu?
What is the belief associated with the half-immersed shrine in the river Bagmati ? What does it tell us?
What attracts Vikram Seth’s attention in the square? Why?
What differentiates the flute-seller from other hawkers and vendors?
How does the flute music affect the narrator?
What does the flute music remind Vikram Seth? Why?
How has the Kathmandu trip changed Vikram Seth’s view?
India is a holy land with many temples. Based on your reading of the story, write a paragraph describing your visit to a temple.
Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.
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