Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
Not only philately there is various ways by which we can make past alive in present and future. We can collect old historic things like old currency, post stamps, paintings, inscriptions and books etc. and also in today’s era where there is lot of technologies by which we can preserve all the historic things for a long time. We can click pictures, make videos which can be preserved in a hard disk. And all these things will remind us about the past and will connect past with present and our future.
Human have tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future. And somewhere it is a good thing by doing mistakes in our past we can take lessons from it and can make present and future beautiful. By taking lessons from past and taking correct decisions in present can make future easier and have good impact on our lives.
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
What does the third level refers to?
You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What kind of a person was Evans?
It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
Will the injured McLeery be able to help the prison officers track Evans?
When Stephens comes back to the cell he jumps to a conclusion and the whole machinery blindly goes by his assumption without even checking the identity of the injured ‘McLeery’. Does this show how hasty conjectures can prevent one from seeing the obvious? How is the criminal able to predict such negligence?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarcticenvironment?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and future?
Where did Evans go?