Flamingo Prose Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes — ENGLISH [FL] STD 12 Science — Question

What solution to the problems of the poor did Gandhi suggest? How far did the Champaran movement help in this direction?

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“The real relief for them is to be free from fear,” remarked Gandhi. What do you think, was “the beginning of their liberation from the fear of the British”?

Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?

How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?

What are the instances in the story that show that the character of the ironmaster is different from that of his daughter in many ways?

What made the peddler finally change his ways?

Bring out the contrast in the ironmaster’s attitude and behaviour towards the stranger before and after he realises his mistake.

Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons ?” What could this mean? (There could be more than one answer.)

(i) ‘The blacksmiths glanced only casually and indifferently at the intruder.’
(ii) ‘The ironmaster did not follow the example of the blacksmiths who had hardly deigned to look at the stranger.’ What do these attitudes reveal? How does the forge-episode help to develop the story? What is its implication?

Who was Subbu’s principal?

Which country did Danny Casey play for?