Chapter-7
Glimpses of India Part III. Tea from Assam
In 'Tea from Assam' Arup Kumar Datta depicts how famous tea has become as a beverage on the planet. More than 80 crore cups of tea are flushed each day all through the world. It demonstrates the expanding prominence of tea. The lesson gives a realistic depiction of the ocean of tea shrubberies extending the extent that eyes can go in Assam. The plucking of the recently grown leaves by groups of tea-pluckers with bamboo bins on their backs are distinctively depicted in the lesson.
SUMMARY
Pranjol had a place with Assam. He was studying in a school in Delhi. Rajvir was his classmate. Pranjol's father was the manager of a tea-garden in Upper Assam. Pranjol welcomed Rajvir to visit his home during the summer vacation. Both of them made a trip to Assam on a train. At the point when the train stopped in transit at a station, a vendor called, 'chai garam-chai'. They took tea and began tasting it. Rajvir disclosed to Pranjol that more than eighty crore cups of tea are drunk each day all through the world.
Pranjol began reading his detective book once more. But, Rajvir watched out of the window of the moving train. There was lovely landscape outside. Soon the delicate green paddy fields were left behind and there were tea shrubs all over the place. Rajvir was intrigued by the magnificent view of tea gardens. He was extremely energized. Pranjol didn't share Rajvir's fervour since he had been born and brought up on a plantation. He revealed to Rajvir that Assam has the biggest concentration of tea estate in the world.
Rajvir said that nobody truly realizes who found tea. He revealed to Pranjol that there are numerous legends attached to the discovery of tea. As indicated by one story, a Chinese emperor found tea by some coincidence. He constantly bubbled water before drinking it. One day a couple of leaves off the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water. Accordingly, the bubbled water got a heavenly flavour. It is said they were tea leaves. As indicated by another Indian legend, Bodhidharma, an old Buddhist priest, sleep during meditations. So he removed his eyelids. Ten tea plants became out of thr eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in boiling water and were drunk banished sleep.
Rajvir told Pranjol that tea was first drunk in China in 2700 B.C. Words like 'chai' and 'chini are Chinese. Tea came to Europe in the sixteenth century. At first, it was utilized more as a medicine than as a drink. Both Rajvir and Pranjol came to Mariani junction. Pranjol's parents received them on the platform and they took them in a car to Dhekiabari, the tea estate managed by Pranjol's father. On the two sides of the road, they were acres and acres of tea bushed. Ladies with bamboo crates on their backs were plucking the new tea leaves, They had come there in the sprouting season. Rajvir said that this season keeps going from May to July. The best tea is delivered during this season. Pranjol's father revealed to Rajvir that he knew many things about tea Phauations. He said that he would become familiar with tea there.
1. Which state did Pranjol belong to?
Answer: Assam.
2. Why is Assam famous for?
Answer: Assam is famous for the production of tea.
3. Where was tea first drunk?
Answer: Tea was first drunk in China.
4. What was Pranjol’s father?
Answer: A tea-garden manager.
5. When did tea come to Europe?
Answer: Tea came to Europe in the sixteenth century.
6. When was tea first drunk?
Answer: In 2700 BC.
7. How many cups of tea are drunk across the world daily?
Answer: Eighty crore.
8. What was Rajvir looking at?
Answer: Rajvir was looking at the delightful landscape outside.
9. What kind of water did the Chinese emperor drink?
Answer: The Chinese emperor drank boiled water.
10. Why did Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids?
Answer: Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids since he felt drowsy/sleepy during meditations.
11. Who was Bodhidharma?
Answer: Bodhidharma was an ancient Buddhist ascetic.
12. Why did Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids?
Answer: Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids since he felt sleepy during meditation.
13. When did tea come to Europe?
Answer: Tea came to Europe in the sixteenth century.
14. Which tea-garden was managed by Pranjol’s father?
Answer: Dhekiabari tea garden was managed by Pranjol’s father.
15. How do tea bushes present a magnificent view?
Answer: An ocean of tea hedges/bushes is extended as far as the eyes could see, against the setting/backdrop of thickly wooded hills.
16. What was the appearance of the groups of tea-pluckers?
Answer: The groups of tea-pluckers were carrying bamboo baskets on their backs and they were wearing plastic covers/aprons.
17. Why does the author call the tea plants ‘a sea of tea bushes’?
Answer: The author calls the tea plants ‘a sea of tea bushes’ because the tea bushes were extended as far as the eye could see just like a sea.
18. Why did Mr Barua slow down his car?
Answer: Mr Barua slowed down the car since he wanted to allow a tractor, pulling a trailer-load of tea leaves to pass.
19. When should the tea leaves be plucked to have the best tea?
Answer: The tea leaves should be plucked from May to July to have the best tea.
20. What were the groups of women doing?
Answer: The groups of women were plucking the recently grown tea leaves and placing them into baskets on their backs.
21. From which language were the words, Chai and Chini adopted in Hindi?
Answer: From Chinese language.
22. What were doll-like figures amidst the rows of tea bushes doing?
Answer: The doll-like figures amidst the rows of tea bushes were plucking tea leaves.
23. Where were Pranjol and Rajvir boys going?
Answer: Pranjol and Rajvir were going to Assam.
24. Which state did Pranjol belong to?
Answer: Pranjol belonged to Assam a North-Eastern State of India.
25. What was Pranjors father?
Answer: Pranjol’s father was the manager of a tea garden in upper Assam.
26. What could Rajvir see as far as his eyes could see?
Answer: There was tea hushes as far as Rajvir could see.
27. According to Rajvir how many cups of tea are drunk daily throughout the world?
Answer: As indicated by Rajvir, more than eighty crore cups of tea are drunk every day throughout the world.
28. Why did Rajvir visit Assam?
Answer: Rajvir visited Assam since his classmate Pranjol, who was from Assam,invited him to visit his home during the summer vacation.
29. How does Rajvir describe the tea-garden at Dhekiabari?
Answer: On the two sides of the gravel road were acres and acres of land of neatly pruned tea bushes. It was the second sprouting period. Ladies wearing plastic aprons were plucking new tea leaves and placing them in the bamboo baskets.
30. Draw a pen picture of tea gardens in Assam.
Answer: The tea bushes were spread like an ocean against the background of thickly wooded hills. In the midst of the orderly rows of tea, women were doll-like figures plucking tea leaves.
31. Describe the scenery that Rajvir saw as soon as the train pulled out of the station.
Answer: At the point when the train moved forward, there were huge fields loaded with green plantations. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery. He considered it a 'magnificent view'. The bushes were spread like an ocean against the scenery of thickly wooded hills.
Q: What was the Indian legend about the discovery of tea?
Answer: As the Indian legend about the discovery of tea goes, once there was a Buddhist ascetic Bodhidharma who used to feel drowsy during meditation. So he removed his eyelids. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. When the leaves of these plants were put in boiled water and drunk, it banished sleep.
Q: What is the Chinese story about the discovery of tea?
Answer: A Chinese emperor had the propensity/habit for drinking boiled water. One day a twig fell into the pot in which water was being bubbled. It gave a scrumptious/delicious flavour to the water. It is said that those were tea leaves.
Q: Who were Pranjol and Rajvir? Where were they going?
Answer: Pranjol and Rajvir were friends. Pranjol belonged to Assam. He was studying in a school in Delhi. Rajvir was his classmate. Pranjol welcomed Rajvir to visit his home during the summer vacation. So, both of them ventured out(travelled) to Assam on a train.
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