Have you heard any boatmen’s songs | Class 11 English - Hornbill Chapter We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together, We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together NCERT Solutions

What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.

List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

Here are the terms for different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.

‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
1. Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
2. Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
3. Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
4. Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.

“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”

Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
1. Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
2. Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
3. Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
4. Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.

Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?

How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?

The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

(i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?