ENGLISH ENGLISH DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL SECTOR -5, B.S. CITY E-CONT ENT FOR THE WEEK: 30 Nov to 5
FELUDA TRAVELS TO BOMBAY
'FELUDA TRAVELS TO BOMBAY’
(PART-i)
About the author.
Satyajit Ray (1921-1992) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time , renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, Aranyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in 1992, and in the same year, was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
Satyajit Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengali, have been immensely popular ever since they first began to appear in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1961. Amo ng his most famous creations are the master sleuth (detective) Feluda and the scientist Professor Shonku.
About the story.
Lalmohan Ganguly's Book Bombaiyer Bombete is made into a Hindi feature film. Thus Feluda, Lalmohanbabu and Topshe go to Mumbai. Soon a murder takes place in Mumbai.
Can Feluda solve the mystery of the mysterious person named Sanyal and a dangerous smuggling gang?
Now we are going to study an extract from the ‘Bandits of Bombay.
Lalmohan babu returned the following Sunday. Feluda had decided, in the meantime , that he'd offer to meet half the expenses for travel to Bombay. He had made a little money recently —not only from the cases he'd handled, but also from writing. In the last three months he had translated two books written in English (both were travelogues written by famous travellers in the nineteenth century) and been paid an advance. I had seen him write before in his free time. This was the first time he had done it seriously.
Lalmohan babu rejected his offer outright . ‘Are you mad?’ he asked. ‘In the matter of writing, sir, you are my god and godfather. If I am willing to meet your expenses, it is only out of gratitude . Treat it as your fee!’
So saying, he took out two aeroplane tickets from his pocket and placed them on the table. ‘The flight is at 10.45 on Tuesday morning. We have to check in an hour before that. I will meet you at the airport.’ ‘When is the shooting going to start?’
‘Thursday. They're starting with the climax—that scene with the horse, a car and a train.’
Lalmohan babu had another piece of news for us. ‘Yesterday, Feluda babu, something interesting happened in the evening. A film producer here in Calcutta turned up at my house. He has an office in Dharmatala, he said. He'd got my address from the publishers. Said he wanted to make a film from my Bandits! It seems no Bengali film has a chance, unless it shows the same things you see in Hindi films. I had to tell him my story was already sold, which seemed to disappoint him no end. Mind you, he hadn't read the book himself, but had heard about it from a nephew. He was surprised to hear I'd written it without ever having visited Bombay. I didn't tell him I couldn't have done it without Murray's Guide to India, and Felu Mitter's guidance.’ ‘Was he a Bengali?’
Word bank.
1. Renowned= famous for something:
The region is renowned for itsoutstandingnaturalbeauty.
Marco Polo is a renowned explorer/is renowned as an explorer.
2. Honour= a quality that combinesrespect, being proud, and honesty:
A man of honour
We fought for the honour of ourcountry.
3. Immensely = extremely:
.She's an immensely talentedyoungathlete.
4. Sleuth = someone whose job is to discoverinformation about crimes and find out who is responsible for them
5. Mysterious= strange, not known, or not understood:
.These mysterious creatures live at the bottom of the ocean.
6. Meantime- until something expectedhappens, or while something else is happening:
Yourcomputer won't arrive till Thursday. In the meantime, you can use Jude's.
7. Outright= completely or immediately:
I think harmful advertising should be banned outright. 8. Gratitude= the feeling or quality of being grateful: deep/eternal gratitude
She sent them a present to show/express her gratitude.
Take this as a token of my gratitude for all yourhelp.
9. Disappoint = to fail to satisfy someone or their hopes, wishes, etc., or to make someone feel unhappy:
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I can't come after all.
We don't want to disappoint the fans.
10. Travelogues= a film or book about travelling to or in a particular place:
Peter Jackson's latest book "Africa" is part travelogue and part memoir.
Make sentences.
1. Achievement
2. Willing to meet
3. Interesting
4. Seemed to
5. Surprised to
Answer the following questions.
1. Who were Lalmohan babu, Feluda and Topshe? Where were they going?
Answer- Lalmohan babu and Feluda were friends. Topshe was Feluda’s cousin. They were going to Bombay.
2. How did Feluda make a little money recently?
Answer- Feluda made a little money by handling the investigating cases and also by writing books.
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Place value of decimal number
Decimal numbers in Expanded form
Expanded form is writing a number out as a sum of all its digits in their place values. Decimal in standard form
Converting fractions to decimals
To convert fractions to decimals, write the numerator and place the decimal point from right towards left
after as many digits as the number of zeroes in the denominator.
To convert decimal to fractions a) write the decimal number as the numerator of the fraction . Do not write the decimal point. b) Then write the denominator as 1 followed by as many zeros as the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
Exercise Exercise 12.1 from book let’s practise maths Question number 4,5,6,7,8,9 in c. w copy.
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