Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits as a fabrication of somebody thoughts because iswaran had told him that the ghosts were living on a funeral site and kept narrating the stories of various ghosts to him which he had faced. On the full moon night, Mahendra woke up from sleep and could hear a low groan which was close to his window. He thought that it was a cat romping around for a mice. But the sound was too deep and didn't seem like a cat. He avoided looking outsides as he didn't wanna counter whatever was there and wanted to avoid that sight which was breath taking. But the groaning became very louder and less faint. He couldn't resist that noise anymore so he calmed and lowered himself out of the windowsill. He looked out the moonlight at outside and saw a dark cloudy figure that holding a bundle. He started sweating due to fear and fell back on the pillow puffing.
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
Lushkoff is earning thirty five roubles a month. How is he obliged to Sergei for this?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?
Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives do they consider?
What are the Guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?
Can you think of some other ending for the story?
What happens when the zip on his carry-on bag gives way?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
Bill Bryson “ached to be suave”. Is he successful in his mis- sion? List his ‘unsuave’ ways.
During their conversation Lushkoff reveals that Sergei’s cook, Olga, is responsible for the positive change in him. How has Olga saved Lushkoff?