Do you think Prashant is a good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
Yes, Prashant is a very good leader. Though at one point he got shocked after the destruction caused by the cyclone but soon enough he recovered himself and decided to step in as the leader of the village. He carried out his role efficiently and helped the other people of his village in every possible manner. Yes, young people with a little help of elders can definitely get together to help each other during the natural calamities and otherwise they can also use their strength to rebuild what is lost in the cyclone.
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?
Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
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?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Behrman has a dream. What is it? Does it come true?
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Bill Bryson “ached to be suave”. Is he successful in his mis- sion? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.
Why does the lost child lose interest in the things that he had wanted earlier?
Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
What is the meaning of “My cat was back and so was I”? Had the author gone anywhere? Why does he say that he is also back?
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?
What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?