Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
The Tiger King was the king of Pratibandapuram and his real name was Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur. When he was born the astrologer predicted that one day the price will die. Then the infant who even don’t speak when they are 10days old suddenly spoke and asked astrologer the reason of his death. Then everyone got shocked that how a 10 days old infant can speak. And then astrologer told that he would be killed by a tiger. And prince said ‘let Tigers beware’ and therefore due to this incidence he got a name of Tiger King.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
What will now happen to the astrologer? Do you think the prophecy was indisputably disproved?
What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
What did the royal infant grow up to be?
How will the Maharaja prepare himself for the hundredth tiger which was supposed to decide his fate?
We need a new system for the age of ecology - a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.
Can you relate instances of game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times that illustrate the callousness of human beings towards wildlife?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
What does the third level refers to?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What kind of a person was Evans?
It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and future?
What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?