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CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY DSE B3 SUGGESTIONS. Nirad C Chaudhuri. Jandhiji. Binodini Dasi. Rabindranath Tagore's My Reminiscence, sourav Omnibus


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 THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH

1. Is the title ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’ by Gandhi appropriate? Answer on the basis of your syllabus.

2. It is said that “Gandhiji’s autobiography is a constant search for truth”. Do you agree?

3. Briefly discuss Gandhiji's mother disciplined life and ample devotion towards religion.

4. How did Gandhiji apologize to his father for his misdeeds like stealing money to suffice his pleasure smoking and consequently telling lie order to hide this?

5. What does Gandhi say about atheism? Is it possible to accomplish the things he accomplished without religion?


MY REMINISCENCES

1. Rabindranath calls his ‘My Reminiscence’ as ‘memory pictures’ and not an ‘autobiography’. How is it proved from the first fifteen chapters in ‘My Reminiscence’.

2. Comment on Rabindranath’s view on education system as revealed in selected chapters in ‘My Reminiscence’.

                                                          Or

What is ‘caged bird’ and ‘free bird’ according to Rabindranath Tagore that he fell in his childhood in ‘My Reminiscence’?

                                                           Or

What led to Rabindranath Tagore admitted to the Oriental seminary? And what did the author remember about this institution

                                                           Or

Describe how Rabindranath Tagore was trained in various subjects at home with reference to the first fifteen chapters in ‘My Reminiscence’.

3. Describe Tagore's first outing from his home in ‘My Reminiscence’.

4. Describe Tagore’s experience with his father at Himalayas.

                                                             Or

Describe Tagore’s father in the point of view of Tagore in ‘My Reminiscence’.


THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNKNOWN INDIAN

1. Narrate the author's experience of the exciting boat race that the author was spectator of during his childhood days at kishorganj.

                                                            Or

Describe the birthplace of Nirad C. Chaudhari in ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’.

                                                             Or

Describe the autobiographical element in book 1 of Nirad C. Chaudhari in ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’.

2. Significance of the title of ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’.

3. ‘The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’ is a cultural document rather than a personal narrative. Discuss with illustrative references.


MY STORY AND MY LIFE AS AN ACTRESS

1. What idea about the contemporary Bengali theatre do you get from the extract from Binodini Dasi’s autobiography in your syllabus?

2. What does Binodini say about Girish Chandra Ghosh as her teacher in your syllabus?

3. What does Binodini say about her childhood?

4. Briefly discuss life and work of binodini dasi in ‘Amar kotha’ or ' My story and my life as an actress’.


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