Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
The plan of setting up the institutions for orphans and widows was repelled because they thought in such institutions the children won’t get the necessary love and affection and the widows would suffer from stigma and loneliness. Instead of that, Prashant and his group wanted them to be resettled in their own community and get homely environment. They also suggested setting up of foster families with childless widows and children without a guardian to be taken care.
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
Do you think Prashant is a good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear and insecurity?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
What is the significance of the title?
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?