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Descriptive Type Questions and Answers From Strong Roots By APJ Abdul Kalam
1) Describe the locality where APJ Abdul Kalam lived in his childhood.
Ans- Kalam had spent his childhood in their ancestral house in Rameswaram with his parents and siblings. The famous Shiva Temple of Rameswaram was located in their locality. The locality was predominantly Muslim, yet quite a lot of Hindu families lived in peace with their Muslim neighbours. Kalam, along with his father visited a very old mosque in their locality for evening prayers. The People of all religions gathered outside the mosque after their evening prayers to receive Kalam's father's blessings to get cureness the invalids because they believed that he possessed the healing power. Many people would cure and went back to thank him. The high priest of the Shiva temple of Rameswaram Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry, had high regard for Kalam's father and discussed spiritual matters with him. This spirit of brotherhood was prevalent in the town.
2) What did Kalam's father tell him about the relevance of prayers.
Ans- In APJ Abdul Kalam's prose piece 'Strong Roots', we
see that when Kalam was a child, he was convinced that their prayers reached God. When he grew older, he asked his father about the relevance of prayers. Kalam's father gave a meaningful answer. He said that prayers help us to transcend our body and become a part of the cosmos
which knows no division of wealth, age, caste or creed.
So prayers help us to overcome the narrowness of mind
, separatist tendencies and control negative emotions like anger and hatred. Kalam's father also conveyed complex spiritual concepts in lucid Tamil. He pointed out that every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manifest divine being. Hence one should not be afraid of sufferings and problems, rather try to analyse its relevance and reasons. Adversities should be treated as opportunities for introspection. Thus, he enriched young Kalam with spiritual wisdom.
3) " I normally ate with my mother. " -- Who ate with his mother? Name his mother. Where did he eat with his mother? What did he eat with his mother?
Ans- The great Indian scientist and 11th president of India , Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ate with his mother.
His mother's name is Ashiamma.
Abdul Kalam usually ate with his mother, sitting on the floor of the kitchen of their ancestral house.
Kalam and his mother ate South Indian food . His mother would place a banana leaf before him, on which she then ladled rice and aromatic sambar, a variety of sharp, home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.
4) "Why don't you say this to the people who come to you..... " -Who says this and to whom? What is referred to by the word 'this'? Why do the people come to the person spoken to?
Ans- Abdul Kalam says this to his father, Jainulabdeen .
Jainulabdeen has explained to his son that every human being is an integral part of the entire spiritual cosmos. He has said that one should not be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems, in human life as adversity provides people with opportunity for introspection. This philosophical teaching of Jainulabdeen is referred to as
'this'.
The distressed people come to Jainulabdeen for they consider him to be medium in their effort to please the demonic forces with prayers & offerings.
5) What do you mean by "fear-ridden vision of destiny"? What is the other vision? Which is to be preferred and why?
Ans- In APJ Abdul Kalam's " Strong Roots", Jainulabdeen speaks of two dissimilar visions of destiny. "fear-ridden vision of destiny" refers to fate which is created out of fear of the divine being, i,e, God.
The other vision of destiny is the vision that makes us able to search for the enemy of fulfillment existing within ourselves. People must understand that all their sufferings and problems are a result of their drawbacks.
The second vision of destiny is to be preferred. In the opinion of Kalam's father none should fear troubles and failures. On the contrary they should consider adversity as an opportunity for introspection. Once an individual is able to spot his/her drawbacks, he or she will will be able to search out the enemy of fulfillment within oneself. Thereby, writing one's own destiny all by oneself.
3) " I normally ate with my mother. " -- Who ate with his mother? Name his mother. Where did he eat with his mother? What did he eat with his mother?
Ans- The great Indian scientist and 11th president of India , Dr APJ Abdul Kalam ate with his mother.
His mother's name is Ashiamma.
Abdul Kalam usually ate with his mother, sitting on the floor of the kitchen of their ancestral house.
Kalam and his mother ate South Indian food . His mother would place a banana leaf before him, on which she then ladled rice and aromatic sambar, a variety of sharp, home-made pickle and a dollop of fresh coconut chutney.
4) "Why don't you say this to the people who come to you..... " -Who says this and to whom? What is referred to by the word 'this'? Why do the people come to the person spoken to?
Ans- Abdul Kalam says this to his father, Jainulabdeen .
Jainulabdeen has explained to his son that every human being is an integral part of the entire spiritual cosmos. He has said that one should not be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems, in human life as adversity provides people with opportunity for introspection. This philosophical teaching of Jainulabdeen is referred to as
'this'.
The distressed people come to Jainulabdeen for they consider him to be medium in their effort to please the demonic forces with prayers & offerings.
5) What do you mean by "fear-ridden vision of destiny"? What is the other vision? Which is to be preferred and why?
Ans- In APJ Abdul Kalam's " Strong Roots", Jainulabdeen speaks of two dissimilar visions of destiny. "fear-ridden vision of destiny" refers to fate which is created out of fear of the divine being, i,e, God.
The other vision of destiny is the vision that makes us able to search for the enemy of fulfillment existing within ourselves. People must understand that all their sufferings and problems are a result of their drawbacks.
The second vision of destiny is to be preferred. In the opinion of Kalam's father none should fear troubles and failures. On the contrary they should consider adversity as an opportunity for introspection. Once an individual is able to spot his/her drawbacks, he or she will will be able to search out the enemy of fulfillment within oneself. Thereby, writing one's own destiny all by oneself.
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