My mother at Sixty-six is a poem in flamingo (12th class english textbook). This PPt can be helpul to those who're making projects on same.This PPt has poem narration, intrappt html links.
The document summarizes the story of Saheb-e-Alam, a boy who lives in Seemapuri, Delhi and works as a rag-picker to support his poor family. Seemapuri is a slum where around 10,000 rag-pickers live in makeshift structures without basic amenities. Saheb-e-Alam and many other children work as rag-pickers, collecting garbage, as their families cannot afford other options. Though Saheb-e-Alam later finds a job at a tea stall, he is unhappy having to work under someone instead of being his own master as a rag-picker.
This document is an English project submitted by Dhruv Goyal on the topic of "Mother Language". The project includes an acknowledgement, certificate, objective, materials required, action plan, chapters on "Mother Language" and "The Last Lesson", a questionnaire and its report, inferences, conclusion, reflections, and future scope. It discusses the importance of mother language in one's upbringing and identity. A survey was conducted through a questionnaire to understand people's use and connection to their mother language in various contexts. The inferences indicate that while families predominantly use mother language, its use is declining in professional settings due to societal pressures and the dominance of English as a global language.
CLASS 12 ENGLISH PROJECT ON CHILD LABOURAryanNaglot
This document is a certificate certifying that Aryan Naglot, a student of class 12B, successfully completed a school project on "Child Labour" under the guidance of his teacher Mr. Kamla Prashad. The project covered key topics like definitions of child labour, common types of child labour in India, causes of rising child labour, impacts on social environment, relevant laws, and approaches to eliminate child labour. It included sections on defining child labour, categorizing it according to UNICEF, listing major types in India, and analyzing common causes like poverty, lack of education, social factors, cheap labour costs, and family traditions.
The document summarizes the short story "The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet. It takes place in 1870 when Prussia attacked and captured parts of France, including Alsace and Lorraine. The new Prussian rulers discontinued French language education in these areas and required French teachers to leave. The story focuses on one French teacher, M. Hamel, who is giving his last French lesson ever to his students before his forced departure. During this final class, one student realizes for the first time the importance of learning French, though it is now too late as it is M. Hamel's last lesson he will ever teach.
1) The story highlights the plight of poor children in India who are deprived of an education and forced to work as child laborers.
2) It describes the living conditions of rag-pickers in Seemapuri slum on the outskirts of Delhi, who live in mud huts with poor sanitation and no access to clean water or sewage systems.
3) It introduces Shaheb-e-Alam, a 10-year old rag-picker with the ironic name "Lord of the Universe," who dreams of going to school and wearing tennis shoes but remains unable to fulfill his dreams due to being a child laborer.
Presentation on Poem Analysis of My Mother At Sixty- SixRAKSHITDOGRA1
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das. It summarizes the poem, which describes the poet's feelings seeing her aging mother's face in the car on the way to the airport. It analyzes several aspects of the poem, including themes, vocabulary, and poetic devices. The analysis concludes that the poem touches on the beautiful relationship between mother and daughter.
This document is a student project on linguistic chauvinism. It includes an acknowledgement, certificate, and index signed by the student and teacher. The objective is to explain linguistic chauvinism, highlight the importance of language, and describe related historical events. The project covers the concept of linguistic chauvinism, importance of language, relationship between language and culture, and historical examples like the Franco-Prussian War, Japanese invasion of Korea, and annexation of Tibet by China where linguistic identity was threatened. The conclusion is that imposing foreign languages can create inferiority complexes and suppress future uprisings. The student reflection indicates they learned about impacts of foreign language imposition on a region's culture.
The document summarizes the story of Saheb-e-Alam, a boy who lives in Seemapuri, Delhi and works as a rag-picker to support his poor family. Seemapuri is a slum where around 10,000 rag-pickers live in makeshift structures without basic amenities. Saheb-e-Alam and many other children work as rag-pickers, collecting garbage, as their families cannot afford other options. Though Saheb-e-Alam later finds a job at a tea stall, he is unhappy having to work under someone instead of being his own master as a rag-picker.
This document is an English project submitted by Dhruv Goyal on the topic of "Mother Language". The project includes an acknowledgement, certificate, objective, materials required, action plan, chapters on "Mother Language" and "The Last Lesson", a questionnaire and its report, inferences, conclusion, reflections, and future scope. It discusses the importance of mother language in one's upbringing and identity. A survey was conducted through a questionnaire to understand people's use and connection to their mother language in various contexts. The inferences indicate that while families predominantly use mother language, its use is declining in professional settings due to societal pressures and the dominance of English as a global language.
CLASS 12 ENGLISH PROJECT ON CHILD LABOURAryanNaglot
This document is a certificate certifying that Aryan Naglot, a student of class 12B, successfully completed a school project on "Child Labour" under the guidance of his teacher Mr. Kamla Prashad. The project covered key topics like definitions of child labour, common types of child labour in India, causes of rising child labour, impacts on social environment, relevant laws, and approaches to eliminate child labour. It included sections on defining child labour, categorizing it according to UNICEF, listing major types in India, and analyzing common causes like poverty, lack of education, social factors, cheap labour costs, and family traditions.
The document summarizes the short story "The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet. It takes place in 1870 when Prussia attacked and captured parts of France, including Alsace and Lorraine. The new Prussian rulers discontinued French language education in these areas and required French teachers to leave. The story focuses on one French teacher, M. Hamel, who is giving his last French lesson ever to his students before his forced departure. During this final class, one student realizes for the first time the importance of learning French, though it is now too late as it is M. Hamel's last lesson he will ever teach.
1) The story highlights the plight of poor children in India who are deprived of an education and forced to work as child laborers.
2) It describes the living conditions of rag-pickers in Seemapuri slum on the outskirts of Delhi, who live in mud huts with poor sanitation and no access to clean water or sewage systems.
3) It introduces Shaheb-e-Alam, a 10-year old rag-picker with the ironic name "Lord of the Universe," who dreams of going to school and wearing tennis shoes but remains unable to fulfill his dreams due to being a child laborer.
Presentation on Poem Analysis of My Mother At Sixty- SixRAKSHITDOGRA1
The document provides an analysis of the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das. It summarizes the poem, which describes the poet's feelings seeing her aging mother's face in the car on the way to the airport. It analyzes several aspects of the poem, including themes, vocabulary, and poetic devices. The analysis concludes that the poem touches on the beautiful relationship between mother and daughter.
This document is a student project on linguistic chauvinism. It includes an acknowledgement, certificate, and index signed by the student and teacher. The objective is to explain linguistic chauvinism, highlight the importance of language, and describe related historical events. The project covers the concept of linguistic chauvinism, importance of language, relationship between language and culture, and historical examples like the Franco-Prussian War, Japanese invasion of Korea, and annexation of Tibet by China where linguistic identity was threatened. The conclusion is that imposing foreign languages can create inferiority complexes and suppress future uprisings. The student reflection indicates they learned about impacts of foreign language imposition on a region's culture.
Pablo Neruda's poem "Keeping Quiet" urges people to observe silence in order to find inner peace and understanding. The poet calls on all people to count to twelve together and then remain still and silent, breaking down barriers of language. In the silence, fishermen would stop harming whales, the poor would reflect on their injuries, and warmongers would embrace peace. The poet believes that if people were not so preoccupied all the time and could experience profound silence, it might help alleviate sadness and lack of self-understanding, and could even prevent self-destruction through war. Overall, the poem promotes silence as a way to introspect, understand oneself and others more deeply, and find unity between
1668526681006_indigo project file eng class 12.pptxKhyati961280
This document contains a summary of the chapter "Indigo" from Kritika Gupta's class project. It discusses how Mahatma Gandhi helped the poor peasants of Champaran, Bihar, who were forced to grow indigo for British planters under an unfair agreement. It describes the nij and ryoti systems of indigo cultivation, the effects on the peasants, and how Gandhi's movement secured justice for them. The document also includes sections on the author, index, introduction, reasons for the movement, need for indigo, cultivation methods, Champaran as a turning point, effects of cultivation, message, and bibliography.
English ASL Project Work - The Enemy - The Conflict of Human EmotionsHarlincoln Singh Thandi
English Assessment of Speaking and Listening (ASL) project was prepared by me and my teammates (Kuki Sain and Khushi Kumari) with a bit of help from our friends, Jishna Ben and Vansham Kamboj.
We were directed to choose a chapter from the NCERT textbook, Vistas then choose a related topic to that chapter. We chose chapter 4 - The Enemy, written by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck. From this chapter, we chose the topic, Conflict of Human Emotions.
Adrienne Rich's poem describes a childhood memory of embroidering a handkerchief with different colored threads. The speaker recalls embroidering the handkerchief with yellow, bright topaz, and green threads to form an intricate design. In the last stanza, the speaker gifts the finished handkerchief to their Aunt.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRACTICAL FILE ( Class 12th)Anushka Rai
Here's my Physical Education Board Practical File. I hope you find it as useful as it was to me. I constantly got complimented for my file from internal as well as external teachers so I thought of sharing my work with all of you. This file is however of CBSE class 12th 2020-2021 syllabus so it has 'Barrow test' missing.
Priya Anand wrote a report about her class project on the Silk Road. The report provides background on the Silk Road as an ancient trade route connecting China with the Western world. It then details several locations along the route that Priya discussed in her project, including Darchen, the starting point for pilgrimages to Mount Kailash; Lhasa, the capital and religious center of Tibet; Lake Mansarovar, an important pilgrimage site; Gurla Mandhata peak near the lake; and Mount Kailash, the sacred peak and destination of the journey.
The document summarizes an excerpt from William O. Douglas's autobiography about how he overcame his childhood fear of water. As a young boy, Douglas was terrified of the ocean after being overwhelmed by waves. This fear grew when he was pushed into a pool and nearly drowned. As an adult, Douglas' desire to fish and swim motivated him to face his fear and learn swimming through lessons. Even after learning, the memories of almost drowning resurfaced each time he swam. However, he challenged his fear and eventually conquered it, realizing that the fear of death is more terrifying than death itself.
Project front page, index, certificate, and acknowledgementAnupam Narang
This document is a certificate from Mount Abu Public School certifying that a student completed a research project in physics for their class 12 examination under the guidance of their teacher, Mr. Anupam Narang. It includes an acknowledgement thanking various people who supported the student in completing the project, including their principal, teacher, parents and friends. It also provides an index of the contents and structure of the research project.
Lost Spring - Stories of Stolen ChildhoodJude Joseph
The lesson throws light on how poverty and deprivation drive children to child labour. it also deprives them of education and fun that one associates with childhood.
Itisree Lenka completed a project on "Child Labour in India" for their class. The project examined the definition, situation, causes, and consequences of child labor in India. It found that poverty is the main driver of child labor, and that many children work in hazardous conditions that harm their health and development. The document calls for government action and policies to eliminate child labor in India.
John Keats was a romantic poet who lived from 1795 to 1821. This document provides background on Keats and analyzes his poem "A Thing of Beauty". It summarizes that the poem says beauty is eternal and allows humans to find joy even in difficult times. It describes the different literary devices used in the poem like rhyme, metaphor, and alliteration. Keats uses imagery of nature, like trees and flowers, to represent beauty and its ability to lift human spirits.
John Keats (1795-1821) was a Romantic poet known for his vivid imagery and exploration of themes of transience and permanence in his poetry. He contrasted the finite nature of human life, characterized by time and inevitable decay, with the eternal and changeless beauty found in nature. Keats believed that nature expresses beauty, and that beauty is truth. Through his synesthetic imagery combining different senses, Keats suggested an underlying unity between all forms of life and sought to find happiness and cheer in nature's beauty amid human suffering. Though he faced personal struggles, Keats is now praised for his serious engagement with difficult human and artistic issues.
Make in india - The Way Ahead Class 12 Economics ProjectShivamSingh1247
This is Class 12th Economics Project as per CBSE Guideline
- Introduction
- Process
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Challenges
- Criticsm & Concerns
- Sectors Covered
- Objective of Make in india
- Manufacturing Projects
- Infrastructure Support
- News & Statistic
- Objective of Making this Project
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Based on the lesson Poets & Pancakes in Flamingo textbook. The ppt provides notes on most of the references to authors, books etc mentioned in the lesson, so that learner need not go for any external reference material. This ppt should suffice most of the learner's needs.
Informatics Practices/ Information Practices Project (IP Project Class 12)KushShah65
This document contains code for analyzing car sales data. It includes functions for reading a CSV file containing car sales data, providing a data analysis menu to view the data in different ways (e.g. columns, rows), adding or deleting records, and generating line graphs of sales data for different car models over time. The code allows users to select a car manufacturer, then a specific model to view a line graph comparing its sales figures across years.
The document describes how the author William Douglas developed a severe fear of water after nearly drowning as a child, and how after years of avoiding water due to terror, he was finally able to overcome his phobia through months of intensive swimming lessons where he gradually built up his ability and confronted his fear piece by piece until he had fully conquered it.
Chemistry project part 1 caseins in milk......AnuragSharma530
1) The document is a chemistry investigatory project report by Arpit Ranka studying the quantity of casein in different milk samples.
2) The aim was to study the quantity of casein in buffalo's milk, cow's milk, goat's milk, and sheep's milk.
3) The results found that goat's milk contained the highest percentage of casein at 3.67%, followed by buffalo's milk at 2.73%, then cow's milk at 1.64%.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the poet's realization that her mother has grown old and frail. While driving with her mother, the poet notices that her mother appears pale and ashen in sleep, like a corpse. This causes the poet pain as she sees how old her mother has become. Later at the airport, seeing her mother from a distance, standing wan and pale, the poet feels the old familiar fear of losing her mother, as from childhood. However, she hides her fear and smiles, not wanting to face the impending loss of her mother.
The story is about Jung Jung Bahadur, the Tiger King, whose astrologers foretold at birth that he would die at the hands of a tiger. As a boy, he asks how he will die and is told it will be his 100th tiger. He becomes an avid tiger hunter but depletes the local tiger population. He marries into a family where tigers remain and hunts 99 tigers there. Unaware he has killed his 100th tiger, he suffers an infection from a wooden toy tiger and dies, fulfilling the prophecy. The story criticizes wanton tiger hunting and advocates preserving wildlife.
Power point Presentation by B K Mishra PGT English of K V AmbikapurBal Krishna Mishra
The document provides a summary of the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das. It discusses that the poem explores the poet's feelings of sadness and fear of losing her mother as she grows older. While driving her mother to the airport, the poet notices how frail and pale she looks, resembling a corpse, reminding her of her mother's mortality and her own childhood fears of losing her mother. Though she smiles to hide her sadness, an old familiar ache emerges from this realization of her mother's aging process and inevitable death.
Pablo Neruda's poem "Keeping Quiet" urges people to observe silence in order to find inner peace and understanding. The poet calls on all people to count to twelve together and then remain still and silent, breaking down barriers of language. In the silence, fishermen would stop harming whales, the poor would reflect on their injuries, and warmongers would embrace peace. The poet believes that if people were not so preoccupied all the time and could experience profound silence, it might help alleviate sadness and lack of self-understanding, and could even prevent self-destruction through war. Overall, the poem promotes silence as a way to introspect, understand oneself and others more deeply, and find unity between
1668526681006_indigo project file eng class 12.pptxKhyati961280
This document contains a summary of the chapter "Indigo" from Kritika Gupta's class project. It discusses how Mahatma Gandhi helped the poor peasants of Champaran, Bihar, who were forced to grow indigo for British planters under an unfair agreement. It describes the nij and ryoti systems of indigo cultivation, the effects on the peasants, and how Gandhi's movement secured justice for them. The document also includes sections on the author, index, introduction, reasons for the movement, need for indigo, cultivation methods, Champaran as a turning point, effects of cultivation, message, and bibliography.
English ASL Project Work - The Enemy - The Conflict of Human EmotionsHarlincoln Singh Thandi
English Assessment of Speaking and Listening (ASL) project was prepared by me and my teammates (Kuki Sain and Khushi Kumari) with a bit of help from our friends, Jishna Ben and Vansham Kamboj.
We were directed to choose a chapter from the NCERT textbook, Vistas then choose a related topic to that chapter. We chose chapter 4 - The Enemy, written by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck. From this chapter, we chose the topic, Conflict of Human Emotions.
Adrienne Rich's poem describes a childhood memory of embroidering a handkerchief with different colored threads. The speaker recalls embroidering the handkerchief with yellow, bright topaz, and green threads to form an intricate design. In the last stanza, the speaker gifts the finished handkerchief to their Aunt.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRACTICAL FILE ( Class 12th)Anushka Rai
Here's my Physical Education Board Practical File. I hope you find it as useful as it was to me. I constantly got complimented for my file from internal as well as external teachers so I thought of sharing my work with all of you. This file is however of CBSE class 12th 2020-2021 syllabus so it has 'Barrow test' missing.
Priya Anand wrote a report about her class project on the Silk Road. The report provides background on the Silk Road as an ancient trade route connecting China with the Western world. It then details several locations along the route that Priya discussed in her project, including Darchen, the starting point for pilgrimages to Mount Kailash; Lhasa, the capital and religious center of Tibet; Lake Mansarovar, an important pilgrimage site; Gurla Mandhata peak near the lake; and Mount Kailash, the sacred peak and destination of the journey.
The document summarizes an excerpt from William O. Douglas's autobiography about how he overcame his childhood fear of water. As a young boy, Douglas was terrified of the ocean after being overwhelmed by waves. This fear grew when he was pushed into a pool and nearly drowned. As an adult, Douglas' desire to fish and swim motivated him to face his fear and learn swimming through lessons. Even after learning, the memories of almost drowning resurfaced each time he swam. However, he challenged his fear and eventually conquered it, realizing that the fear of death is more terrifying than death itself.
Project front page, index, certificate, and acknowledgementAnupam Narang
This document is a certificate from Mount Abu Public School certifying that a student completed a research project in physics for their class 12 examination under the guidance of their teacher, Mr. Anupam Narang. It includes an acknowledgement thanking various people who supported the student in completing the project, including their principal, teacher, parents and friends. It also provides an index of the contents and structure of the research project.
Lost Spring - Stories of Stolen ChildhoodJude Joseph
The lesson throws light on how poverty and deprivation drive children to child labour. it also deprives them of education and fun that one associates with childhood.
Itisree Lenka completed a project on "Child Labour in India" for their class. The project examined the definition, situation, causes, and consequences of child labor in India. It found that poverty is the main driver of child labor, and that many children work in hazardous conditions that harm their health and development. The document calls for government action and policies to eliminate child labor in India.
John Keats was a romantic poet who lived from 1795 to 1821. This document provides background on Keats and analyzes his poem "A Thing of Beauty". It summarizes that the poem says beauty is eternal and allows humans to find joy even in difficult times. It describes the different literary devices used in the poem like rhyme, metaphor, and alliteration. Keats uses imagery of nature, like trees and flowers, to represent beauty and its ability to lift human spirits.
John Keats (1795-1821) was a Romantic poet known for his vivid imagery and exploration of themes of transience and permanence in his poetry. He contrasted the finite nature of human life, characterized by time and inevitable decay, with the eternal and changeless beauty found in nature. Keats believed that nature expresses beauty, and that beauty is truth. Through his synesthetic imagery combining different senses, Keats suggested an underlying unity between all forms of life and sought to find happiness and cheer in nature's beauty amid human suffering. Though he faced personal struggles, Keats is now praised for his serious engagement with difficult human and artistic issues.
Make in india - The Way Ahead Class 12 Economics ProjectShivamSingh1247
This is Class 12th Economics Project as per CBSE Guideline
- Introduction
- Process
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Challenges
- Criticsm & Concerns
- Sectors Covered
- Objective of Make in india
- Manufacturing Projects
- Infrastructure Support
- News & Statistic
- Objective of Making this Project
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Based on the lesson Poets & Pancakes in Flamingo textbook. The ppt provides notes on most of the references to authors, books etc mentioned in the lesson, so that learner need not go for any external reference material. This ppt should suffice most of the learner's needs.
Informatics Practices/ Information Practices Project (IP Project Class 12)KushShah65
This document contains code for analyzing car sales data. It includes functions for reading a CSV file containing car sales data, providing a data analysis menu to view the data in different ways (e.g. columns, rows), adding or deleting records, and generating line graphs of sales data for different car models over time. The code allows users to select a car manufacturer, then a specific model to view a line graph comparing its sales figures across years.
The document describes how the author William Douglas developed a severe fear of water after nearly drowning as a child, and how after years of avoiding water due to terror, he was finally able to overcome his phobia through months of intensive swimming lessons where he gradually built up his ability and confronted his fear piece by piece until he had fully conquered it.
Chemistry project part 1 caseins in milk......AnuragSharma530
1) The document is a chemistry investigatory project report by Arpit Ranka studying the quantity of casein in different milk samples.
2) The aim was to study the quantity of casein in buffalo's milk, cow's milk, goat's milk, and sheep's milk.
3) The results found that goat's milk contained the highest percentage of casein at 3.67%, followed by buffalo's milk at 2.73%, then cow's milk at 1.64%.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the poet's realization that her mother has grown old and frail. While driving with her mother, the poet notices that her mother appears pale and ashen in sleep, like a corpse. This causes the poet pain as she sees how old her mother has become. Later at the airport, seeing her mother from a distance, standing wan and pale, the poet feels the old familiar fear of losing her mother, as from childhood. However, she hides her fear and smiles, not wanting to face the impending loss of her mother.
The story is about Jung Jung Bahadur, the Tiger King, whose astrologers foretold at birth that he would die at the hands of a tiger. As a boy, he asks how he will die and is told it will be his 100th tiger. He becomes an avid tiger hunter but depletes the local tiger population. He marries into a family where tigers remain and hunts 99 tigers there. Unaware he has killed his 100th tiger, he suffers an infection from a wooden toy tiger and dies, fulfilling the prophecy. The story criticizes wanton tiger hunting and advocates preserving wildlife.
Power point Presentation by B K Mishra PGT English of K V AmbikapurBal Krishna Mishra
The document provides a summary of the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das. It discusses that the poem explores the poet's feelings of sadness and fear of losing her mother as she grows older. While driving her mother to the airport, the poet notices how frail and pale she looks, resembling a corpse, reminding her of her mother's mortality and her own childhood fears of losing her mother. Though she smiles to hide her sadness, an old familiar ache emerges from this realization of her mother's aging process and inevitable death.
The poem describes the poet's mother who is now 66 years old and struggling with the constraints of old age. While the mother's body is weakening, the bond between her and her daughter remains strong. The poet feels pain seeing her mother's current state, while young trees outside are sprinting and children play happily, representing different stages of life. In the end, the mother gives her daughter a parting smile, reflecting the poet's caring character despite the conflicting realities of aging and youth.
William Douglas nearly drowned as a child in a swimming pool and developed a lifelong fear of deep water. As an adult, he was frustrated that this fear prevented him from enjoying activities like fishing, canoeing, and swimming. To overcome his fear, Douglas engaged a swimming instructor and practiced in the pool daily for months. He gradually exposed himself to deeper water and learned breathing techniques until he was able to swim long distances with confidence. Having conquered his fear through dedicated practice and exposure, Douglas was finally able to enjoy water activities once more.
This document provides a biography and overview of the notable Indian poet and writer Kamala Das. It discusses her life, career, and some of her most famous works. Kamala Das was born in 1934 in Kerala, India. She wrote poetry, novels, short stories, and autobiographies under the pen name Madhavikutty. Some of her most acclaimed works included Summer in Calcutta, My Story, and The Old Playhouse and Other Poems. She received several prestigious literary awards for her contributions to Malayalam and English literature. The document also briefly summarizes one of her famous short stories, "The Tattered Blanket," which explores the relationship between a mother and son and the mother's longing for
Kamala Suraiyya was a major Indian poet who wrote in both English and Malayalam. She was born in 1934 in Kerala and came from a family of writers. Suraiyya gained recognition for her poetry in English which addressed themes of love and sexuality openly, breaking conventions. She also published short stories and an autobiography in both English and Malayalam. Suraiyya received many literary awards over her career and passed away in 2009.
The document provides a summary of the short story "The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet. It describes how in 1870 Prussian forces captured the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine. The new Prussian rulers then discontinued the teaching of French in schools in those regions and asked French teachers to leave. The story focuses on the last day of school for a French teacher named M. Hamel, as he is transferred out after many years of teaching. It depicts the sadness felt by both teacher and students at losing their French language and teacher.
This poem describes a classroom in a slum and the poor conditions faced by the students. It depicts the students as looking pale and gaunt, "like rootless weeds". While the classroom has pictures of faraway places on the walls, the students' futures are "painted with a fog" and limited to the narrow streets they live in. The poet calls for breaking open the windows and maps to show the children green fields and let their imaginations run freely through books, in order to improve their bleak circumstances.
The poem describes the poet's mother who is now 66 years old and experiencing the constraints of old age. While the poet is experiencing the aspirations of youth, her mother's body is now weak and she moves slowly. However, a strong bond remains between the mother and daughter, as seen in their parting smile. The poem contrasts the different stages of life through imagery of young trees sprinting while the late winter moon represents the mother's current phase. It conveys the universal themes of change being the eternal law of life and nature providing relief from life's difficulties.
The poet is driving her 66-year old mother to the airport. During the journey, her mother falls asleep with her mouth open, and her pale, faded face resembles a dead body, causing the poet pain. At the airport during their goodbye, the poet again sees her mother's pale, lifeless face, which now resembles a late winter moon that has lost its shine and strength. The fading of her mother's face and life arouses a familiar pain in the poet, but she composes herself to smile and say goodbye, hoping to see her mother again.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award was formed in 1956 in the UK with the concept of a "DIY kit for life" and has since expanded internationally. It now operates in over 90 countries, engaging nearly 200,000 entrants annually through various national award authorities. The non-competitive program aims to encourage personal development in young people through activities involving service, skills, physical recreation and adventure.
Rereading Indian Literature: The White Tiger and NarcopolisDilip Barad
This document provides a summary of a presentation on rereading Indian writing in English. It discusses works like The White Tiger and Narcopolis and their themes of corruption, caste, and trauma. It also covers several scholars who analyze concepts like the nation, narration, and cultural criticism. Nation is described as having an ambivalent nature. Memory novels are discussed as having a narrative structure opposite to historical narratives in how they portray trauma. Key characters and themes in The White Tiger and Narcopolis are also summarized.
This 5-day unit plan aims to teach students about the poet Adrienne Rich. On day 1, students will do a WebQuest on Rich and discuss her life and poem "Diving Into the Wreck." On day 2, they will watch a video of Rich reading the poem and annotate it. Day 3 focuses on the poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," having students read it while walking. On day 4, students will analyze one of Rich's poems in groups and create a presentation. Finally, on day 5, students will present their analysis and write a short paper describing Rich and her works. Technology like Nearpod, projectors, and computers will be used throughout the unit.
This document contains the full text of the poem "A Thing of Beauty" by John Keats. It discusses how a thing of beauty brings eternal joy, increases in loveliness, and provides comfort like a quiet bower or sleep filled with sweet dreams. It also notes how, despite difficulties, humans find shapes of beauty that lift our dark spirits, such as the sun, moon, trees, daffodils, and tales we've heard or read. The poem serves as an endless fountain of immortal drink from heaven.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE IN 2012 AS A SCHOOL PROJECT. THE TOPIC IS THE SUMMARY OF THE POEM BY KAMALA DAS- MY MOTHER AT 66. GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION FOR A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT.
Mohandas Gandhi was born in 1869 in Gujarat, India. He faced racism in South Africa which prompted him to develop his philosophy of non-violent civil disobedience. Through non-cooperation campaigns, Gandhi led India to independence from British rule in 1947, though he was assassinated by a Hindu extremist shortly before. Gandhi promoted a simple lifestyle and encouraged Indians to produce their own goods rather than import from Britain.
The document provides background information about the French author Alphonse Daudet and summarizes the themes of his short story "The Last Lesson". It discusses how the story relates to issues of cultural and linguistic hegemony resulting from imperialism and colonialism. It also highlights key lines from the story that illustrate the fear and agony of a people losing freedom to use their native language.
The document discusses John Keats and his poetry, including his long narrative poem Endymion. It explores how Keats viewed natural beauty as providing hope and inspiration, soothing humans amid life's difficulties. Keats believed that beauty has a profound and lifelong effect, and that nature refreshes the soul daily through objects like trees, sheep, and flowers, binding humans to the earth.
The poet was driving from her parents' home to the airport with her 60-year-old mother. Seeing her mother dozing with an ashen, corpse-like face, the poet felt pain realizing how old her mother had become. Outside, young trees sprinted and children played, providing contrast. During security check, the poet again saw her mother's pale, wan face and felt the familiar childhood fear of losing her. Though upset, she smiled and said goodbye, hoping to see her mother again.
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The poem describes the poet watching her elderly mother doze in the car on the way to the airport. Seeing her mother's ashen, corpse-like face, the poet realizes with pain how old her mother has become. At the airport, she looks at her pale, wan mother again and feels the old familiar ache of her childhood fear of losing her mother. However, she smiles and says "see you soon, Amma" to reassure her mother, hiding her true feelings of anguish at her mother's aging.
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Kamala Das was a renowned Indian poet known for her original works. In the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six", she describes her mother accompanying her to the airport. While driving, Das notices her mother dozing with an ashen, corpse-like face, realizing she has aged. Later at the airport, her mother appears wan and pale like a winter moon, evoking Das's childhood fear of losing her mother. However, Das smiles and reassures her mother they will meet again, hiding her true feelings of anguish. The poem explores the complex relationship between mother and daughter as the latter comes to terms with the mother's mortality.
The poet sees her 60-year old mother dozing with an ashen, corpse-like face while driving her to the airport. She is struck by the pain and horror of potentially losing her mother. To distract herself from these thoughts, she looks outside at playful children and sprinting trees that symbolize youth and life. At the airport security check, she again sees her mother looking wan and pale like a late winter moon, evoking her childhood fear of loss. Though pained by their impending separation, she smiles to hide her sorrow and tells her mother "see you soon" to maintain hope.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the poet driving her mother to the airport. She notices her mother dozing in the passenger seat with a pale, ashen face like a corpse. This causes the poet pain. She diverts her attention to the lively scene outside of young trees sprinting and merry children playing. At the airport, the poet looks at her fading mother, comparing her to a late winter's moon. Though feeling childhood fears of separation, the poet smiles and says she will see her mother soon. The poem explores the complex relationship between mother and daughter as the mother ages.
The poem explores the themes of aging, death, and loneliness through the narration of the poet's drive with her elderly mother to the airport. While in the car, the poet notices her mother dozing with a pale, corpse-like face, painfully realizing her mortality. She pushes this thought aside by looking at vibrant trees and children. After security at the airport, she again sees her mother looking wan and pale, feeling the familiar fear and ache of losing her mother and being alone, as she had been as a child. She bids her mother goodbye with a smile, knowing they may not meet again.
The poem explores the themes of aging, death, and loneliness through the narration of the poet's drive with her elderly mother to the airport. While in the car, the poet notices her mother dozing with a pale, corpse-like face, painfully realizing her mortality. She pushes this thought aside by looking at vibrant trees and children. After security at the airport, she again sees her mother looking wan and pale, feeling the familiar fear and ache of losing her mother and being alone, as she had been as a child. She bids her mother goodbye with a smile, knowing they may not meet again.
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The poem explores themes of aging, death, and isolation through the narrator's interaction with her aging mother. While driving her mother to the airport, the narrator notices how pale and frail her mother looks, resembling a corpse, reminding her of her mother's mortality and her fear of being alone. At the airport security check, her mother again looks pale and colorless like the winter moon, bringing back the narrator's childhood fear of losing her mother. Though smiling and saying goodbye, the narrator knows she may not see her mother again soon.
Kamala Das visits her mother who is now 66 years old and takes her to the Cochin airport. While driving, she sees her mother doze with an "ashen" face like a corpse, realizing how old she has become. To distract from this painful thought, she looks outside at young, vibrant trees and children. At the airport, her mother again appears "wan" and "pale as a late winter's moon." Das feels the "familiar ache" of her childhood fear of her mother's death. Though anxious, she smiles and bids her mother goodbye, hoping to see her soon. The poem depicts the poet's despondent realization of her mother's advancing age and mortality.
This document discusses the changing relationship between mothers and daughters over three stages: infant/child, teenager, and adult. It then analyzes the poem "Driving from my Parent's Home to Cochin" which describes the poet watching her aging mother doze in the car on the way to the airport. The poet feels pain seeing her mother looking pale and like a corpse. She tries to distract herself by looking out at young, energetic trees and children but continues to feel familiar childhood fears and ache when thinking about her mother's mortality.
My Mother at Sixty-six by Kamala Das describes the feeling of fear of loss or separation from a parent (mother).It also describes the contrast between old and young age.
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2. 1. About the poet
2. Central idea
3. Poem
4. Summary
5. Key points
6. Vocabulary
7. Poetic devices
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3. Kamala Das also known as Kamala Surayya was born on
31 March 1934 in Malabar, Kerala. She was an Indian English
poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam
author. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short
stories and autobiography written under name Madhavikutty,
while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala
Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
Some of her works in English include the novel Alphabet of
lust (1977), a collection of short stories Padmavati the Harlot
and Other Stories (1992), in addition to five boooks of poetry.
She is a sensitive writer who captures the complex subtleties
of human relationships in lyrical idiom, My Mother at Sixty-six
is and example.
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Index
4. Kamala Das has received may
awards for her literacy
contribution, including: (few of
them are)
1. Nominated and shortlisted for
Nobel Prize for Literature in
1984
2. Award of Asian PEN
anthology – 1964
3. Kerala Sahitya Academy
Award – 1969
4. Sahitya Academy Award –
1985
5. Honorary D.Litt by University
of Calicut – 2006
On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she
died at a hospital in Pune.
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Index
5. Aging is an important phase of human life. A
person enter his childhood, experiences youth when
he is full of energy and dreams to have luxury of life.
Finally, he approaches his old age and encounters
death. Relationship between people becomes
stronger at every aspect of life and they can’t bear
separation due to aging.
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Index
6. In this poem, the poet relates a personal
experience. She brings out a common paradox of
human relationships and portrays a sensational
separation of a mother and a daughter. She has
been able to capture almost all the emotions which a
daughter is filled with, on bidding farewell to her
beloved mother. Sometimes we do feel deep
sympathy for someone but we fail to express it in a
proper manner. 6
Index
7. Driving from my parent’s
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
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Index
8. out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan,
pale
As a late winter’s moon and felt that
old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but al I said was, see you soon,
Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile and
smile…… 8
Index
9. In this poem, Kamala Das explores the theme of
ageing and death and isolation through a narration
involving her mother.
While driving from her parent’s home to Cochin,
she notices her mother sitting beside her dozing, her
face pale like a dead body and her thoughts far
away. This reminds her painfully that her mother is
old and could pass away leaving her alone.
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Index
10. Putting that thought aside she looked out at the
young trees speeding by and children running out of
their homes happily to play. These remind her probably
of youth and life, her own younger days and her
mother when she was young.
But after the security check at the airport, looking
back at her mother standing a few yards away, she
finds her looking pale like the winter moon. She feels
that familiar pain and childhood fear of the thought of
losing her mother and of being lonely just as she had
been when she was young because she was different
from other children. She could only keep smiling and
tell her ‘see you soon’ knowing full well that she might
not see her. 10
Index
11. 1. Poetess travelling in Cochin airport with her
mother in a car.
2. Looks at the wan, pale face of her dozing mother.
3. Old fear of loosing her mother returns.
4. Sprinting trees and merry children provide the
contrast and relief.
5. After the security check the old familiar ache
returns.
6. Tries to hide her emotions by smiling.
7. Bids good bye to her mother with a hope to see
her again.
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Index
12. 1. Wan – colorless, pallid
2. Late winter’s moon – Dim moon shrouded by
clouds
3. Spilling – Run out
4. Ashen – Grey (old age)
5. Ache – Pain
6. Sprinting – Short fast race, running
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Index
13. 1. Simile:
1) wan, pale as a late winter’s moon
2) her face ashen like that of a corpse
2. Metaphor:
1) the merry children spilling out of their homes
3. Personification:
1) young trees sprinting
4. Repetition:
1) I did was smile and smile and smile……
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Index
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