Question

Name five kinds of flutes.

Solution

The reed neh, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music, the clear or breathy flutes of South America, and the high-pitched Chinese flutes.

Some More Questions From Kathmandu Chapter

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?

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Kathmandu

Name five kinds of flutes.

Some More Questions From Kathmandu Chapter

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.

The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?

What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?

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