CLASS 11 Chapter 5 Birth THOUGH it was nearly midnight when Andrew reached Bryngower, he found Joe Morgan waiting for him, walking up and down with short steps between the closed surgery and the entrance to the house. At the sight of him the burly driller’s face expressed relief. English Word Hindi Pronunciation Hindi Meaning … Read more
CLASS 11 Chapter 4 The Ghat of the only world THE first time that Agha Shahid Ali spoke to me about his approaching death was on 25 April 2001. The conversation began routinely. I had telephoned to remind him that we had been invited to a friend’s house for lunch and that I was going … Read more
CLASS 11 Chapter 3 Mother’s day Scene: The living-room of the Pearson family. Afternoon. It is a comfortably furnished, much lived-in room in a small suburban semi-detached villa. If necessary only one door need be used, but it is better with two — one up left leading to the front door and the stairs and … Read more
CLASS 11 Chapter 2 The Address Perhaps I was mistaken, I thought, perhaps it isn’t her. I had seen her only once, fleetingly, and that was years ago. It was most probable that I had rung the wrong bell. The woman let go of the door and stepped to the side. She was wearing my … Read more
CLASS 11 Chapter 1 The summer of the beautiful light house Aram, he said. I jumped out of bed and looked out of the window. I couldn’t believe what I saw. It wasn’t morning yet, but it was summer and with daybreak not many minutes around the corner of the world it was light enough … Read more
Class 11 Chapter 6 Silk Road A FLAWLESS half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky on the morning we said our goodbyes. Extended banks of clouds like long French loaves glowed pink as the sun emerged to splash the distant mountain tops with a rose-tinted blush. Now that we were leaving Ravu, Lhamo said she … Read more
Class 11 Chapter 5 The Adventure THE Jijamata Express sped along the Pune-Bombay* route considerably faster than the Deccan Queen. There were no industrial townships outside Pune. The first stop, Lonavala, came in 40 minutes. English Word Hindi Pronunciation Hindi Meaning Jijamata जिजामाता जिजामाता Express एक्सप्रेस एक्सप्रेस Pune पुणे पुणे Bombay बॉम्बे मुंबई route रूट … Read more
Class 11 Chapter 4 The Ailing planet The following article was written by Nani Palkhivala and published in The Indian Express on 24 November 1994. The issues that he raised regarding the declining health of the earth continue to have relevance. English Word Hindi Pronunciation (Devanagari) Hindi Meaning following फॉलोइंग निम्नलिखित article आर्टिकल लेख Nani … Read more
Class 11 Chapter 3 Discovering Tut He was just a teenager when he died. The last heir of a powerful family that had ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries, he was laid to rest laden with gold and eventually forgotten. Since the discovery of his tomb in 1922, the modern world has speculated about … Read more
We’re not Afraid to Die Word Meaning Class 11 Chapter 2 We are not Afraid to die “IN July 1976, my wife Mary, son Jonathan, 6, daughter Suzanne, 7, and I set sail from Plymouth, England, to duplicate the roundthe-world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook.” Word Pronunciation (Hindi) Hindi Meaning July … Read more