First Flight ch07 Glimpses of India - CBSE Revision Notes
CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature
Revision Notes
Chapter 7
Glimpses of India
Revision Notes
Chapter 7
Glimpses of India
PART I A BAKER FROM GOA
- The Portuguese in Goa were lovers of bread.
- Those eaters of bread have now gone but its makers still exist.
- During the childhood days of the narrator, a baker used to be their friend, companion and guide.
- The baker came twice a day- once in the morning and again while returning home after finishing his selling.
- The jingling thud of the baker’s bamboo woke up the sleeping children.
- The loaves were delivered to the servants of the house.
- The children would peep into the baker’s basket for the bread bangles.
- The children would eat bread with hot tea.
- The marriages were incomplete without the popular bol bread.
- Bolinhas was a must during Christmas and all other festivals.
- The bakers wore a particular knee length frock known as kabai.
- Baking was a profitable profession. Bakers had a plump physique testifying to this.
- The bakers collected their bills at the end of the month.
PART II COORG
- Coorg or Kodagu, the smallest district of Karnataka, is a heavenly place.
- The best season to visit it is from September to March.
- The people living there are probably the descendants of Arabs or Greeks.
- Their culture is apparent in their martial traditions, marriages and religious rites.
- The Kodavus wear a long, black, embroidered coat called Kuppia.
- The Coorg Regiment is one of the most decorated regiments in the Indian Army.
- Kodavus are the only people in India permitted to carry firearms without a license.
- The river Kaveri begins from the hills and forests of Coorg.
- A variety of plants, birds and animals can be seen there.
- The place offers a number of adventure sports for the tourists.
- The Tibetan monks are amongst many surprises that can be seen there.
PART III TEA FROM ASSAM
- Pranjol and Rajvir were visiting Assam by train.
- Rajvir was busy looking at the beautiful scenery outside the train.
- It was green everywhere as far as the eye could see.
- The soft green paddy bushes gave way to tea bushes.
- Assam has the largest concentration of tea plantation in the world.
- The Chinese are said to have discovered tea.
- There is also an Indian legend saying that Bodhidharma discovered tea.
- From China, tea came to the European countries and then to Asian countries.
- Pranjol’s father managed Dhekiabari, a tea garden.
- There were many tea pluckers around the tea bushes.
- The best tea is obtained between May to July.