A ROADSIDE STANDA Roadside Dhaba

• ANY OTHER EMOTION?

HAPPINESS

SADNESS ANGER

LONELINESS

Comprehension check1. Where was the little new shed put up?2. What did it plead for?3. What is it that supports the cities?4. What do you understand by polished traffic?5. Which word in the stanza means “fading”?

RECAPITULATION

• A small old house stood on the side-line of a road. A tiny new shed (shop) was constructed in front of it.

• Heavy traffic sped on the road.• But no body cared to stop in front of it to buy

something.• Even if they stopped, it was to criticize the

country people for disturbing the beauty of the landscape with their inelegant house.

HOME WORK

1.) Write down the indifference of cityfolk towards the roadside stand owners.

2.) What things irritated the city dwellers?

EXTENDED ACTIVITY

•Article writing:Write an article in about 150 -200 words on the balanced development of the villages and cities with reference to the poem. • Notice

Your school is going to conduct a symposium as part of the CCA activities on the issue “rural-urban divide” for the students of Class XII. Write a notice for the school notice board.