English A5: Activity based on Personal Response, Expression, Creation and Imagination,

Yes, I have attended a concert in which A. R. Rahman was the main performer. When I heard the first few notes being sung. I was thrilled. Never before had I heard such music or singing. I felt as if I were transported to a wonderland where only music reigned. Every beat, every note filled me with delight. I began wondering if I were in heaven!

On the one hand, the family is aware that Anant does not have many days to live. They are worried. They have fears but they suppress them. Instead they laugh and smile and talk. They surround Anant with whatever makes him happy. They fulfil his every need and give him whatever he asks for.

If I came to know that someone closely known to me was suffering from cancer, I would feel very bad. I would visit the person, spend time, make the person happy in every way possible and most of all pray to God, to relieve the person from suffering.

The brother and sister seem excited about Pandit Ravi Shankar's upcoming performance. The girl expresses excitement and the boy's eyes are shining. The mother, however, is more worried about the physical condition of her son, who is on oxygen and apparently out of breath. The mother's voice breaks when she speaks and her lips utter unbidden prayers. These are the contradictory images presented in this passage.