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My Father Travels – Dilip Chitre
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My Father Travels
– Dilip Chitre
Some IMP Quuestion & Answer
Q. Answer the following question.
Q.1. Who is the narrator in the poem ?
Ans. The poet himself is the narrator in the poem.
Q.2. ‘suburb slide past his unseeing eyes’. What is implied by ‘unseeing eyes’ in this line?
Ans. ‘Unseeing eyes’ implies that the father is in deep thought, unaware of what is passing through.
Q.3. what does the poet mean by ‘ a word dropped from a long sentence?
Ans. The poet means that the father during travel was a part of the train but now he is detached from it after getting down from it .
Q.4. what does the father contemplate on in the toilet ?
Ans. The father contemplates over the degradation of social values and relationships.
Q.5. What does the father dream of in sleep?
Ans. The father dreams of his ancestors, his grand children and thinks about nomads in his sleep.
Q.6. what does ‘yellow’ stand for in the line ‘Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light’?
Ans. ‘yellow’ stand for ‘ fright ‘ and ‘fear’ here . The poet here focuses on the sense of insecurity developing among our old generations who are being ignored and neglected by their youngsters. Today in the fast running way of life, we do not take care of our old guards who once protected us. We do not pay respect to them. We do not bother to share their feelings. Hence, they are scared of their life. They are alone in their journey of life, completely secluded and detached.
My Father Travels – Dilip Chitre
Q.7.why does the father hurry on ?
Ans. The father in this poem represents the old values. He travels alone in the train standing among the old aged daily passengers with a fearful look and depressed lot of humanity . he has a sense of attachment with the family. He hurries back home to have some time with his family. He feels overburdened with the feeling of values that he represents. He is tired and secluded. But the whole idea of ‘Home ‘ makes him hurried on .
Q.8. why does the father tremble at the sink?
Ans. The father comes back home. He eats stale chapatis and drinks weak tea. Nobody cares about his presence. He is alone in the house as no one bothers for him. He is ignored by his grandchildren. Nobody shares his woes. He goes to toilet in order to ease himself. It also symbolises a feeling of detachment from the worldly burden of relationship. So he trembles at the sink out of weakness which is physical but also he shivers, thinking whenre the new society is led to .
Q.9. what does the poet call the children sullen?
Ans. The poet calls the children sullen because they are different from the previous generation .Theyfeel differently and do accordingly. They do not bother for the old generation. They have their own way of living. They have no time to care or even look at their grandparents. They lack affinity and feeling . it is the trend of modern civilization. Moral values are vanishing fast. Children are growing indisciplined. They are becoming self- centred.
Q.10. Give the central idea of the poem- My Father Travels .
Ans. My Father Travels is a poem on the dehumanising growth of the modern civilization. It captures the predicament of an aged man in this dehumanised urban world. He feels depressed at the crumbling traditionnal value system and human relationship.. the younger generation lacks sincerity and regard for their old generation. They don’t bother to honour the traditional values and ways of life. They imitate the fast changing world pattern where there is no place for the old and the aged for them the old is not gold but stale and outdated . this is the negative aspect of the modernisation.
My Father Travels – Dilip Chitre
11. My Father Travels – Dilip Chitre
My Father Travels – Dilip Chitre