Jkbose Class 10th English notes
By: Tariq Ahmad Malik
The Ghat of the Only world
Q 1 :What were the common things
between Ghosh and Shahid ?
Ans: The common things between Ghosh and Shahid
include a huge roster of common friends in India ,America and elsewhere .Both
had a shared love for rogen josh, Roshan Ara Begum and Kishore Kumar. Both had
indifference to cricket, and an equal attachment to old Bombay films.
Q 2 : What are the things that Shahid
loved ?
Ans : Shahid loved to have parties in his living
room. He loved that people should come and there was always food .He loved the
spirit of festivity. He would do this to have no time to be depressed.
Q 4 : Who is James Merill?
Ans : James Merill is a famous poet.It is this
poet who was to radically alter the direction of Shahid’s poetry. It was after
meeting this poet that Shahid began to experiment with strict metrical patterns
and verse forms.
Q : who facilitiated Ghjoshy to fulfill
his pledge? How did it help him?
Ans : It is the various conversations with Shahid
that Ghosh recorded in his diary for a few months that helped him to fulfill
his pledge .Besides this Shahid had spent enough time with Ghosh in America so
this all helped Ghosh to write all Important details about Shahid’s life.
Q : what does the Ghat of the only
world mean?
Ans : The Ghat of the only world is actually the
title of the famous poem written by Aga Shahid Ali in the collection of his
poems “ Rooms are Never finished “. In this poem, The poet remembers all his
beloved ones who have died and journeyed into another world.
Qno.3. How does Shahid face death? Describe the
hospital scene.
Ans. Shahid faces death very boldly. He knows that his death
is certain in near future. He is alive to the seriousness of his ailment. He,
however, tries hard to fill life into the hours which he has before hand. He
arranges feasts for his friends. He makes all efforts to be cheerful. He wants
to be among his friends making all the merriment he can.
At hospital Shahid had to undergo some surgical
procedure that was intended to relieve the pressure of his brain. His head was
shaved and the shape of tumour was visible upon his scalp. While leaving the
ward , a blue uniformed escort arrived with a wheel-chair. Shahid waived him
away declaring that he was strong enough to walk on his own .He was, however ,
weaker than what he had thought. His knees buckled after no more than a few
steps. Instead of feeling sad , Shahid felt delighted to see his friend along
his sister holding him aright waiting the escort to return with the
wheel-chair. This time Shahid gave a beaming smile to the hospital orderly and
asked him about his homeland. On discovering that he was from Spain, Shahid
clapped in exclamation saying that he always had an urge to learn Spanish
just to read Lorca.
Qno.2. Pick out the elements of humour in the
lesson ‘Only ghat of the world’.
Ans. Shahid was never subdued by Sadness. He could create
humour out of every thing. That is why his living room was never seen without
friends and relatives. His nakhras in the class, and his conversations on phone
would be full of humour.
The episode at Barcelona Airport was also full of humour.
Here a woman security guard stopped Shahid for questioning. To every question
Shahid answered with humour saying that he was a poet and was, in Spain ,for
writing poetry .The guard got angry and asked if he had got anything dangerous
with him. Shahid clapped his hand to his chest and cried, “only my heart’’.
The humour did again come to the fore when the hospital
orderly came with an arm-chair for the dying man, and the dying man learnt that
he was from Spain. Shahid cried out of exclamation that he always needed him to
teach him Spanish in order that he could study Lorca . Shahid
, while dying felt deprived for not learning Spanish which was but humourous.
Character Sketch Of Shahid
Ali:
Shahid Ali was a famous Kashmiri American poet Who earned
tremendous name and fame for his English poetry.He started his
early education in Kashmir and pursued his higher studies at Delhi University.
Shahid authored several collections of poetry books. “The Country
without Post Office” is the most remarkable of his book.
Shahid’s poetry was much inspired by James Merril. As a poet
he never embraced the role of the victim that could so easily had been his.
Shahid was would call himself a genuine poet , schooled in the fierce and
forgiving art of language. Although respectful of religion, he remained a firm
believer in the separation of politics and religious practices.
Shahid had always a recurrent dream in which the padiths had
vanished from the valley of Kashmir .His dream surfaced in his poetry. The poet
in him pathetically complained his pandith friends for having painted him as
their enemy.
Shahid had always his own ways. He was full of wits. He was
infallible before calamities. Despite having recurrent black-outs due to
incurable tumour, he never declined to live. With all vivacity he would arrange
feasts for his friends, and keep them around him .He was a great lover of
cooking. He loved to cook Kashmiri dishes in pandth style. Rogen Gosh was his
favourite dish. He would spend hours chalking out cooking programmes.
Shahid worked as the professor of English language at many
American universities. His art of teaching was marvelous. From beginning to end
he would be sparking deva. He was so favourite to his students that they once
published a separate issue of university magazine in his name.
Shahid had many great promises to fulfill for his mother land
.He was the great lover of Faiz ,Begum Akhter, and old Bollywood films.
But, like all noble souls, Aga Shahid Ali died young. It was on December, 8,
2001 that he breathed his last.
Q. How was Shahid’s reputation as a teacher among
his students?
Ans. Aga Shahid Ali had groomed himself into a great reader
and poet.He was much sociable and would give great regard to his friends,
relatives and students. When Shahid would enter his class he would always
display decent behaviors. His students would feel honored to have him as their
teacher. He was such a sort of teacher who would keep the curiousity of his
students always alive.From start to end he would act as sparking diva.His style
of teaching had enough of laughter and nakhra.He would show tremendous favour
for the students hailing from the Indian sub continent. His students would
adore him invariably and had recognized his great expertise at teaching by
printing a magazine and dedicating the issue to him.Though Shahid knew
that his days were numbered ,he never allowed this affect his teaching any way.
