Question 1:
In what ways is boarding school different from other schools ?
Answer:
In boarding school, all students live away from their parents. There they live together, play together and eat together. On the other hand, in other schools, students daily come to school in the morning and go back home in the evening.
Question 2:
What kind of food do they get there ?
Answer:
They get all kind of food which they get in their homes.
Question 3:
Where do the children sit and eat in the boarding school ?
Answer:
In the dining hall.
Question 4:
Who cooks food for the children in the boarding school ? Who serves the food ?
Answer:
The school employee (cook) cooks the food for the children. Helper serves the food.
Question 5:
Who washes the vessels ?
Answer:
The peon washes the vessels.
Question 6:
Do the children miss home-made food sometimes ?
Answer:
Yes, when they do not get any food item of their choice and taste.
Question 7:
Would you like to go to a boarding school ? Why ?
Answer:
I would like to go to a boarding school because children enjoy a lot where there are no parents to smile them.
Question 8:
The ‘cooking and eating together’’ in a Gurudwara is called langar. Have you ever eaten in a langar ? Where and when ?
Answer:
Yes, on the eve of ‘Guru Purab’ in the langar hall of Gurudwara Sahib.
Question 9:
How many people were cooking and how many were serving the food there ?
Answer:
About fifteen people were cooking and some twenty people were serving the cooked food.
Question 10:
Are there other occasions when you have eaten with many people ? Where and when ? Who cooked and served the food ?
Answer:
During Durga Puja and Shivratri in a temple. The cooks (Halwai) cooked the food where as committee members or volunteers served the cooked food.