Question 1:
Have you ever seen so many flowers growing together anywhere ? Where ?
Answer:
Yes, on the hillside.
Question 2:
How many differently coloured flowers have you seen ?
Answer:
Nine.
Question 3:
Now you were just left counting, weren’t you ?
Answer:
Yes.
Question 4:
Which flowers can you recognise by their scent even with your eyes closed ?
Answer:
Rose and Jasmine.
Question 5:
Which flowers bloom all the year round ?
Answer:
Kumudini and Rose.
Question 6:
Which flowers bloom only in certain months ?
Answer:
Marigold and Tulip.
Question 7:
Have you ever seen a board like this put up anywhere ?
Answer:
Yes.
Question 8:
Do people pluck flowers even when this board is there ?
Answer:
Yes.
Question 9:
Why do you think they do this ?
Answer:
They do this in order to break the rule.
Question 10:
Should they do this ?
Answer:
No, they should not do this.
Question 11:
What would happen if every body plucked flowers ?
Answer:
There would be no flower left.
Question 12:
What is the colour of the flower ?
Answer:
Red.
Question 13:
What kind of scent does it have ?
Answer:
Aromatic and pleasant.
Question 14:
What does it look like—a bell, a bowl, a brush or anything else ?
Answer:
A bowl.
Question 15:
Do these flowers grow in bunches ?
Answer:
No.
Question 16:
How many petals does it have ?
Answer:
20.
Question 17:
Are all the petals joined together or separate ?
Answer:
Separate.
Question 18:
Outside the petals, can you see any green leafy structure ? How many are there ?
Answer:
Four.
Question 19:
Inside the petals, in the middle of the flower, can you see some thin structures ? Write the colour.
Answer:
Pink.
Question 20:
When you touch these, do you find a powdery thing on your hands ?
Answer:
Yes.
Question 21:
What differences do you find between a flower and a bud ?
Answer:
Bud is small and closed, flower is big and open.
Question 22:
Ask your friends the names of the different flowers that they have seen. How much time did it take their buds to became flowers ?
Answer:
3-4 days.
Question 23:
Also observe how many days the same flower took to dry up ?
Answer:
Ten days.
Question 24:
How is rose water used in your house ?
Answer:
Rose water is used in medicines (eye drops), sweets and lassi etc.
Question 25:
Can you think of a colour of which there is no flower ?
Answer:
Silver or Grey.
Question 26:
Do you know when such songs are sung ?
Answer:
During marriage of a male.
Question 27:
Do you or anybody else at home know other such songs ?
Answer:
Yes, my grandmother knows such songs
Question 28:
Where do they bring these flowers from ?
Answer:
From garden.
Question 29:
Why do people buy flowers ?
Answer:
For decoration, for worship and as a token of love.
Question 30:
Have you seen flowers offered at many religious places ?
Answer:
Yes, I have seen flowers offered at temples and other religious places.
Question 31:
What do we do when they dry up ?
Answer:
Do yourself.
Question 32:
How will you use them ?
Answer:
Do yourself.
Question 33:
Has the flower-seller learnt to make bouquets or a net of flowers from anybody ? From whom ?
Answer:
Yes, from his mother and father.
Question 34:
Would you like the other members of their family to do this work ? Why ?
Answer:
Yes, so that all the members can help each other.
Question 35:
What differences did Nandita find between getting water from the public tap and in the village ?
Answer:
In village, Nandita could take water from village pond at anytime during the day. Moreover there is no rush of people taking water. The availability of water in the city from public tap is only during fixed hours. Moreover there is a long queue of water takers.
Question 36:
Was there electricity at the place where Nandita’s mama lived ? Guess.
Answer:
Electricity was available at the place where Nandita’s mama lived.
Question 37:
Who was looking after the patient at the hospital ?
Answer:
Yes, my friend Ankush was admitted in the hospital.
(i) For five days
(ii) Yes
(iii) Nurse and his brother was looking after Ankush.
Question 38:
Have you ever seen a tall building ? Where ?
Answer:
Yes, at Mumbai.
Question 39:
How many floors did the building have ?
Answer:
Twenty floors.
Question 40:
How many floors did you climb ?
Answer:
I climbed five floors and the remaining floors I went up by lift.
Question 41:
When Nandita first came to Mumbai, what were the things that she was afraid to do ?
Answer:
Nandita when first came to Mumbai was afraid of :
(i) seeing from top floor down on the earth.
(ii) going in a lift.
(iii) boarding a crowded bus etc.
Question 42:
Where does the water come from in your house ?
Answer:
From Municipal water supply.
Question 43:
Is there an electricity connection in your house ? How many hours in a day do you get electricity ?
Answer:
Yes, we have got electricity connection in our house. We get electricity for 12 hours a day.
Question 44:
Which is the nearest hospital in the area where you live ?
Answer:
A private hospital ‘‘Kapil Hospital’’.
Question 45:
Why does Mama have to change his house ?
Answer:
Since a hotel was to be constructed in place of Mama’s house. So mama’. house had to be demolished.
Question 46:
Have you ever moved from your house ? If yes, why did you have to move ?
Answer:
Yes, we had to move from our house when father got transfered to Mumbai.
Question 47:
Do people in your family have to go far for their work ? Where do they go ? How far do they have to go ?
Answer:
Yes, my brother has to go to a city. He has to go 35 kilometers away.
Question 48:
Is it right that Mama and others have to move because a hotel is going to be built there ?
Answer:
No, it is not right.
Question 49:
Who will benefit from this ?
Answer:
The owner of the hotel will be benefited.
Question 50:
Who will face difficulties ?
Answer:
The people who have to move out for they will be losing their living place.
Question 51:
Do you know of any people who have faced problems similar to Nandita’s Mama ? Talk about this in the class.
Answer:
Twenty families who were living in that building had to face same difficulties as Mama had to face due to demolition of the twenty storey building.