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खोन्दो 2 नेलसन मेण्डेला: उदांस्रिसिम गोलाव दावबायनाय
Chapter 2 Nelson Mandela: Long walk to Freedom
Oral Comprehension Check – 1
1. Where did the ceremonies take place? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstone?
(फोरबोआ बबेयाव जादोंमोन ? बाला अनथायजों खालामनाय भारतबर्ष आव राइजो आफादसालि नों बुंनो हागोन ना ?)
Ans: The ceremonies took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheater which was formed by the union Buildings in Pretoria. In India Jama Masjid, the Red Fort, North and South Blocks, the Parliament House are also made of sandstones.
2. Can you say how 10 May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa ?
(10 मेआ खोला आफ्रिकायाव दुफां बोथोरनि सान माबोरै जाखो नों बुंनो हागोन ना ?)
Ans: 10 May is an autumn day because of weather and the dawning of freedom after about 300 years of white rule.
3. At the beginning of his speech, Mandela mentions ‘an extraordinary human disaster’. What does he mean by this? What is the ‘glorious….. human achievement’ he speaks of at the end?
(बिबुंसारनि गिबियावनो मेण्डेलाया ”असादारन सुबुंनि अलखद (खैफोद)” होनना मुंख दों ? जोबनायाव बियो मुंख ‘नाय गोगाथाव सुबुं मोनफुंनाया मा ?”
Ans: By an extraordinary human disaster’ he means the white rule in South Africa over the blacks that lasted too long. It was really a disaster of white men ruling with supremacy over the blacks. The glorious human achievement he speaks of at the end is their getting political independence from the white rule by the black nations living there.
4. What does Mandela thank the international leaders for?
(मानि थाखाय मेण्डेलाया बुहुमनां दैदेनगिरिफोरखौ साबायखर होदों ?)
Ans: Mandela thanks the distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the native people of South Africa. He says it is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity.
5. What ideals does he set out for the future of South Africa ?
(खोला आफ्रिकानि इयुननि थाखाय बियो मा आदर्श दिनथिखो ?)
Ans: He sets out the ideals of liberating all their people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
Oral comprehension Check- 2
1. What do the military generals do? How their attitude changed, and why?
(सानथि गाहायफोरा मा मावदों ? बिसोरनि गोसोआ माबोरै सोलायखो आरो मानो ?)
Ans: As per the military provisions the military generals discharged their duties. They owe their loyalty to democracy, to a new government that has been freely and fairly elected.
Their attitude has now changed. They care more for personal gains than their true duties as per the defence rules.
2. Why were two national anthems sung?
(दोंनै माहारी संमेथायखौ मानो खननाय जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: Two National anthems were sung for the reason that there were two main communities or races in the country. The whites sang ‘Nkosi Sikele-iAfrika’ and the blanks sang ‘Die Stem’, the old anthem of the Republic.
3. How does Mandela describe the systems of government in his country (i) in the first decade and (ii) in the final decade of the twentieth century?
(गवनि हादरनि सरखारनि खानथिखौ मेण्डेलाया माबोरै बिजिरदों ? (i) गिबि जैथाइयाव आरो (ii) नैजि जौथाइनि जोबथा जौवथायाव ।)
Ans: In the first decade of the twentieth century the white skinned peoples of South Africa patched up their differences and erected a system of racial domination against the dare skinned people of their own land.
In the last decade of the twentieth century that system had been ever turned forever and replaced by one that recognised the rights and freedom of all peoples, regardless of the color of their skin.
4. What does courage mean to Mandela?
(मेण्डेलानि बायदिब्ला साहसा मा ओंथि खालामो ?)
Ans: By courage Mandela means not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear.
5. Which does he think is natural, to love or to hate?
(मोजां मोननाय एबा मुगैनाय, बबेखौ बियो मिथिंगायारि होनना सानो ?)
Ans: Mandela thinks that it is love that comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite hate.
Oral comprehension Check- 3
1. What ‘twin obligations’ does Mandela mention?
(मेण्डेलाया मा जेवजा (मोननै) मावनो गोनां बिबानखौ मुंख ‘दों ?)
Ans: Mandela mentions that every man has twin obligations in life. One obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and children. The other to his people, his community and his country.
2. What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student? How does he contrast these ‘transitory freedoms “with the basic and honourable freedoms”?
(मेण्डेलानि बायदिब्ला हौवासा एबा फरायसा हिसाबै उदां जानाया मा ओंथि खालामदोंमोन ? बे दानदिसेनि उदांस्रिखौ बियो माबोरै गुदि आरो मानगोनां उदांस्रिजों रुजुदों ?)
Ans: As a boy Mandela meant by being free to run in the fields near his mother’s hut, free to swim in the clear stream that ran through his village, free to roast mealies under the stars and ride the broad backs of slow moving bulls.
As a student he meant free to be able to stay out at night, read what he pleased and go where he chosen.
Later on, he understood that these were the transitory freedoms. But the “basic and honorable freedoms” were the freedoms for the people to live with dignity and self respect.
3. Does Mandela think the oppressor is free? Why/Why not?
(अनागारि खालामग्राया उदां होनना मेण्डेलाया सानोना ? मानो/मानो नडा ?)
Ans: No, Mandela thinks that oppressor is not free like the oppressed. The oppressor must be liberated as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred. He is locked behind the bars of prejudice. and narrow mindedness.
Thinking about the Text
1. Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration? What did it signify the triumph of?
(“बेखेवजेननाथ” आव मानो एसेबां गोबां अनजिमानि बुहुमनां दैदेनगिरिफोरा नुजादोंमोन ? बेयो मानि देरहानायखौ ओंथि खालामदोंमोन ?)
Ans: A large number of international leaders attended the inauguration ceremony to pay their respects. It was the largest gathering ever of international leaders on South African soil.
2. What does Mandela mean when he says he is “simply the sum of all those African Patriots” who had gone before him?
(जायफोरा बिनि सिगां थांबाय बियो “बैफोर आफ्रिकानि हादोर अनफावरिफोरनि गोरलै दाजाबगासैसो” बिब्दि बुंनायजों बियो मा ओंथि खालामदों ?)
Ans: Mandela means to say that like those African Patriots who had gone before him, he also felt the great need of political independence of the country. Like them he was also tortured and imprisoned by the white in his own country. He said that long and noble line ended and now began with him.
3. Would you agree that the “depths of oppression” create heights of character? How does Mandela illustrate this? Can you add your own examples to this argument?
(“उदखारिनि गोथौथिया आखलनि जौथायखौ सोरजियो” नों राजि जायो ना ? मेण्डेलाया बेखौ माबोरै बेखेवदों ? बे बानबुंथायाव नों नोंनि गावनि बिदिनथिफोरखौ दाजाबदेरनो हागोनना ?)
Ans: Yes, I do agree that the depths of oppression create heights of character. The more one is oppressed, the more one becomes strong in character. Mandela says that the decades of oppression and brutality had produced many extraordinary personalities such as Oliver Tambos, the Walter Sisulus. the Chief Luthulis, the Yusuf Dadoos, the Bram Fischers, the Robert Sobukwes etc.
In our India too, we can for example, mention the names. of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Robindra Nath Tagore among interalias.
4. How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
(मेण्डेलानि उदांस्रिनि बुजिमोननाया बैसो आरो रोंमोनदानथिजों माबोरै सोलायलांदोंमोन ?)
Ans: When he was a boy, Mandela thought of his personal freedom. As a young student he thought freedom of being able to stay out at night, read what he pleased and go where he chosen.
As he grew up he started understanding that freedom is indivisible. The chains on anyone of his people were the chains on him. He thought of freedom for all his own people more important than anything.
5. How did Mandela’s “hunger for freedom” changes his life?
(मेण्डेलानि “उदांस्रिनि थाखाय उखैनाया” बिनि जिउखौ माबोरै सोलायदोंमोन ?)
Ans: Mandela’s hunger for freedom did change him into a great man, famous, statesman and a visionary. He worked painstakingly for his fellow countrymen and suffered a lot for the independence of all of them.
Thinking about language
1. There are nouns in the text (formation, government) which are formed from the corresponding verbs (form, govern) by suffixing -(at)ion or ment. There may be a change in the spelling of some verb-noun pairs : such as rebel, rebellion; constitute, constitution.
1. Make a list of such pairs of nouns and verbs in the text.
| Noun | Verb |
| rebellion | rebel |
| constitution | constitute |
Ans :
| Noun | Verb |
| examination | examine |
| proclamation | proclaim |
| movement | move |
2. Read the paragraph below. Fill in the blanks with the noun forms of the verbs in brackets.
Martin Luther King’s_____ (contribute) to our history as an outstanding leader began when he came to the_____ (assist) of Rosa Parks, a seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
In those days American Blacks were confined to positions of second class citizenship by restrictive laws and customs.
To break these laws would mean_____ (subjugate) and_____ (humiliate) by the police and the legal system. Beatings. _____ (imprison, and sometimes death awaited those who defied the System. Martin Luther King’s tactics of protest involved non-violent_____ (resist) to racial injustice.
Ans: Contribution, assistance, subjugation, humiliation, imprisonment, resistance.
II. Idiomatic Expressions
Match the italicized phrases in column A with the phrase nearest in meaning in column B. (Hint : First look for the sentence in the text in which the phrase in Column A occurs.)
| A | B |
| 1. I was not unmindful of the fact 2. When my comrades and I were pushed to our limits. 3. to reassure me and ‘keep me going 4. The basis and honorable freedoms of earning my keep. | (i) had not forgotten; was aware of the fact(ii) was not careful about the fact (iii) forgot or was not aware of the fact (i) pushed by the guards to the wall(ii) took more than our share of beatings(iii) felt that we could not endure the suffering any longer(i) make me go on walking (ii) help me continue to live in hope in this very difficult situation.(iii) make me remain without complaining(i) earning enough money to live on (ii) keeping what I earned(iii) getting a good salary. |
Ans:
| A | B |
| 1. I was not unmindful of the fact2. When my comrades and I were pushed to our limits. 3. to reassure me and keep me going 4. the basic and honorable freedoms of earning my keep. | (i) had not forgotten. was aware of the fact(iii) felt that we could not endure the suffering any longer (iii) make me remain without complaining(i) earning enough money to live on. |
Speaking :
In groups, discuss the issues suggested in the box below. Then prepare a speech of about two minutes on the following topic. (First make notes for your speech in writing.)
Ture liberty is freedom from poverty, deprivation and all forms of discrimination.
★ causes of poverty and means of overcoming it
★ discrimination based on gender, religion, class, etc.
★ constitutionally guaranteed human rights.
Ans: Consult with the teacher and try yourself.
Writing :
I. Looking at Contrasts
Nelson Mandela’s writing is marked by balance, many sentences have two parts in balance. use the following phrases to complete the sentences given below.
(i) they can be taught to love.
(ii) I was born free.
(iii) but the triumph over it.
(iv) but he who conquers that fear.
(v) to create such heights of character.
I. It requires such depths of oppression______
Ans. It requires such depths of oppression to create such heights of character.
2. Courage was not the absence of fear______
Ans. Courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.
3. The brave man is not he who does not feel, afraid______
Ans. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear.
4. If people can learn to hate________________
Ans. If people can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.
5. I was not born with a hunger to be free.__________
Ans. I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.
II. This text repeatedly contrasts the past with the present or the future. We can use coordinated clauses to contrast two views., for emphasis of effect. Given below are sentences carrying one part of the contrast. Find in the text the second part of the contrast, and complete each item. Identify the words which signal the contrast.
This has be done for you in the first item.
1. For decades the Union Buildings had been the seat of white supremacy, and now….
Ans: It was the site of a rainbow gathering of different colors and nations.
2. Only moments before, the highest generals of the south African defense force and police….. saluted me and pledged their loyalty….. not so many years before they would not have saluted______
Ans: They would not have saluted but arrested me.
3. Although that day neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem……. they would soon______
Ans: Neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem they once despised.
4. My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil.______
Ans: I have always known that its greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the purest diamonds.
5. The Air Show was not only a display of pinpoint precision and military force, but______
Ans: A demonstration of the military loyalty to democracy, to a new government.
6. It was this desire for the freedom of my people…… that transformed______ into a bold one, that drove to______ become a criminal, that turned______ into a man with out a home.
Ans: A frightened young man a law abiding attorney to become a criminal that turned a family loving husband into a man without a home.
IIl. Expressing Your Opinion
Do you think there is color prejudice in our own country? Discuss this with your friend and write a paragraph of about 100 to 150 words about this. You have the option of making your paragraph a humorous one. (Read the short verse given below.)
When you were born you were pink
When you grew up you became white
When you are in the sun you are red
When you are sick
You are yellow
When you are angry you are purple
When you are shocked you are grey
And you have the cheek to call me ‘coloured’.
Ans: Consult with the teacher and then try yourself.
Additional Questions
1 Marks Questions Answer
1. By whom was Nelson Mandela besieged?
(नेलसन मेण्डेलाया सोरजों बेंखनजादोंमोन ?)
Ans: Nelson Mandela was besieged by dignitaries and world leaders.
2. Why did the world leaders come before inauguration?
(बेखेवजेननायनि सिगां बुहुम दैदेनगिरिफोरा मानो फैदोंमोन ?)
Ans: The world leaders came before inauguration to pay their respects.
3. Where was the inauguration taking place?
(बेखेवजेननाया बबेयाव जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: The inauguration was taking place in the lovely sandstone amphitheater.
4. What was the inauguration for?
(“बेखेवजेननाया” मानि थाखायमोन ?)
Ans: The inauguration was for installing the new govt. of non-racial people.
5. Where were the leaders coming from in the inauguration ceremony?
(बेखेवजेननाय फोरबोआव दैदेनगिरिफोरा बबेनिफ्राय फैदोंमोन ?)
Ans: The leaders were coming to the inauguration ceremony from different parts of the world.
6. Who is the author of the autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom”?
(“उदांस्रि सिम गोलाव थाबायलांनाय” गाव जिउखौरां बिजाबनि लिरगिरिया सोर ?)
Ans: The author of the autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” is Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
7. What did the jets, helicopters etc. in the inauguration ceremony do?
(बेखेवजेननाय फोरबोआव जेट, हेलिकप्टार बायदिफोरा मा मावदोंमोन?)
Ans: The jets, helicopters etc. were there in the inauguration ceremony to celebrate the installation of a new govt. in South Africa.
8. What did the highest generals do?
(जौसिन सान्थि गाहायफोरा मा मावदोंमोन ?)
Ans: The highest generals saluted the author as the new President to be sworn in.
9. What did the smoke trails of Impala jets symbolize?
(Impala जेटनि उखुन्दै गालांनाया मा नेरसोन फोरमायदोंमोन ?)
Ans: The smoke trails of Impala jets symbolized the new national flag of South Africa.
10. How had the new government been elected?
(गोदान सरखारखौ माबोरै बिसायख ‘नाय जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: The new government had been freely and fairly elected.
11. How were the chests of the highest generals of the South African defense force and police bedecked with?
(खोला आफ्रिकानि रैखाथि बोलो आरो पुलिस बोलोनि जौसिन सान्थ्रिगाहायफोरनि बिखाखौ माजों माबोरै साजायनाय जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: The chests of the highest generals of the South African defense force and police were bedecked with ribbons and medals from days gone by.
12. What could the highest generals have done to the author earlier.
(जौसिन सान्थ्रिगाहायफोरा लिरगिरिखौ सिगाडाव मा मावनो हागौमोन ?)
Ans: Earlier, the highest generals could have arrested the author.
13. What does the word ‘bedecked’ mean?
(‘bedeeked सोदोबा मा ओंथि खालामो ?)
Ans: The word ‘bedecked means decorated with.
14. What was the author overwhelmed with on the day of the inauguration?
(बेखेवजेननाय सानखालि लिरगिरिया माजों बोदोरजादोंमोन ?)
Ans : On the day of the inauguration, the author was overwhelmed with a sense of history.
15. When was the inauguration taking place on?
(बेखेवजेननाया माब्ला जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: The inauguration was taking place on 10th May.
16. How old was Mandela at the time of this inauguration?
(बे बेखेवजेननाय समाव मेण्डेलायां बेसेबां बैसो जादोंमोन ?)
Ans: Mandela was 80 years old at the time of this inauguration.
17. What had the white people of South Africa done then?
(बै समाव खोला आफ्रिकानि गुफुर मानसिफोरा मा खालामदोंमोन ?)
Ans: The white people of South Africa had patched up their differences and erected a system of racial domination against the black peoples of their own land.
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