The Ghat of the only World Class 11th subject English

 

👉 Question (1) How did the writer (Amitav Ghosh) react to Shahid's mention of his approaching death ?

शाहिद के तथ्य मृत्यु के विषय में लेखक (अमिताव घोष) ने क्या प्रतिक्रिया की ? 

✍️ Answer. Once While scanning and thumbing through his engagement book Shahid spoke that he could not see a thing. He added that he hoped he did not mean that he was dying. This telephonic talk between Shahid and the author gave the author a feeling of Shahid's approaching death. 

👉 Question (2) What did Shahid ask the writer to do after his death ? 

अपनी मृत्यु के बाद शाहिद ने लेखक से क्या करने को कहा ? 

✍️ Answer. The first time Agha Shahid Ali spoke to the writer about his approaching death was on 25 April, 2001. He had been under cancer treatment for some 14 months. He had already suffered a few lapes of money. He requested Amitav to write something about him after his death and Amitav kept his promise.

👉 Question (3) What reasons could Amitav Ghosh have searched to avoid writing about Shahid's death ? 

शाहिद की मृत्यु के बारे में लिखने से बचने के लिए अमिताव घोष ने क्या कारण खोजे होंगे ?  

✍️ Answer. Amitav Ghosh might have told himself that he was not a poet. Secondly, their friendship was not very old, it was of a recent date. Thirdly, there were many others who knew him much better and would be writing with greater understanding and knowledge. 

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👉 Question (4) What does Amitav Ghosh say about Shahid's voice ? 

शाहिद के स्वर के बारे में अमिताव घोष क्या कहते हैं ?

✍️ Answer. AMITAV GHOSH was introduced to Shahid's work long before he met him. His 1997 collections, 'The country without a post office' he made a powerful impression on him. His voice was like none that had ever heard before. It was at once lyrical and fiercely disciplined, engaged and yet deeply inward. He knew of no one else who could even conceive of publishing a line like- 'mad heart, be brave'. 

👉 Question (5) What was the impact of James Merrill on Shahid's poetry ? 

शाहिद के काव्य पर जेम्स मेरिल का क्या प्रभाव था ?

✍️ Answer. JAMES Merrill, the poet, completely changed the direction of Shahid's poetry. After coming in contact with him, Shahid began to try out strict, metrical patterns and verse forms. No one had a greater influence on Shahid's poetry than James Merrill. In the poem in which he most openly anticipated his own death, 'I dream I am at the Ghat of the only world', he awarded the envoy to Merrill. 

👉 Long answer type questions.

👉 Question (1) Trace the development of the bond of affinity between Shahid and the writer.

शाहिद और लेखक के बीच प्रेम के विकाश के बारे में बताइए |

👉 Answer. The Writer Amitav Ghosh had known Shahid's work long before he met the man. One of their common friends put him in touch with Shahid. In 1998 and 1999 they had several conversations on the phone and even met a couple of times at that moment.

But they were no more than acquaintances until Shahid moved to Brooklyn in 2000, when he had a sudden blackout in February. Tests revealed that he had a nalignant brain tumour. The building in which Shahid lived in Brooklyn was some eight blocks away from the writer's apartment. 

👉 Question (2) What responsibility did Shahid entrust to the author (Amitav Ghosh) ? How did the latter discharge it ?

शाहिद ने लेखक (अमिताव घोष) को क्या जिम्मेदारी सौंपी ? उसने इसे कैसे पूरा किया ? 

✍️ Answer. Shahid asked the author (Amitav Ghosh) to write something about him after his demise. He was giving the author a specific responsibility. He wanted the writer to remember him not through recitatives of memory and friendship but through the written word and his own opinion. 

The author promised to fulfil Shahid's desire. From that day onwards, condition, even the most trivial exchanges had a special charge and urgency. There was an inescapable poignancy when he talked about food and half-forgotton figures from the past.