As the poet realizes that his childhood has gone to repose in a forgotten place, hidden in an infant's face, that is the moment which marks his growth. It is the moment when he learns to disassociate himself from the child that he was. He is not the child anymore but looking at who he used to be. He cannot remember what it used to feel like to be that child, its a forgotten place that is relegated to the deep recesses of his mind.

As the poet realizes that his childhood has gone to repose in a forgotten place, hidden in an infant's face, that is the moment which marks his growth. It is the moment when he learns to disassociate himself from the child that he was. He is not the child anymore but looking at who he used to be. He cannot remember what it used to feel like to be that child, its a forgotten place that is relegated to the deep recesses of his mind.

The poem THE LABURNUM written by Ted Hughes

• The leaves of the  Laburnum tree had turned yellow .
• The seeds too had fallen down.
• The tree had become lifeless.
• The arrival of the Goldfinch bird brought a new life in it.
• The tree had become her shelter and younger ones.
• She had a dark colored face with stripes on it which was quite visible.
• However her body which was yellow in color made her barely visible as it would mix with the color of the leaves which too was yellow in color.

His company is greatly —- after. (seek)

Sought

His courage —— him. (forsake)

forsook

I had a dream come true last weekend, quite literally. For the first time in about six months, I was able to browse in a bookstore (one in my neighborhood that's reopened with sanitary and social distancing protocols clearly posted) while wide-awake. In the past, leaving the store without buying anything had felt like a triumph of willpower, but this time it involved some guilt. Only one other person was in the store during my visit, a clerk, and it only seemed fair to her to purchase something. Next time, for sure.

To be clear, I am not exactly wanting for reading material, but the element of wish fulfillment is intense even so. Likewise with my spouse, who reports having theater dreams. She has attended at least one play a week, on the most conservative estimate, throughout her entire adult life -- or did until this spring. Performances by excellent companies are livestreamed now, and she has been able to take theater classes online. But there’s more to going to theater than seeing a play -- a ritual-like aspect that can’t be broadcast. Browsing indulges curiosity and involves a degree of chance. The hunger is not for content but for certain qualities of experience, in part communal, that are lost or on hold for the duration.

The possibility of turning crisis into opportunity comes up in one of the essays on working from home that appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. “How many of you,” asks Erika Dyck, a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan, “have dreamed of pressing pause on the work treadmill? I am talking about a genuine freeze-frame, reset, and rethink, or a chance to read something that isn’t directly related to a task with a deadline.”

But think again: “Let’s not kid ourselves; working from home during a pandemic is not that.” Before the pandemic, Dyck had what seemed like a modus vivendi that balanced parental responsibilities and academic work, including her role as a co-editor of the Canadian Bulletin for Medical History. “Now,” she writes, “despite being relatively isolated or even hiding in a home office, I consistently feel tired and am unable to focus on anything, especially when it comes to writing … My mind has constantly wandered, whether drifting toward the contents of the fridge and the looming prospect of dinner, or more often enveloping me in a fog of wondering whether any of the work we do as academics really matters, or whether we will still have academic institutions in a post-COVID world.”

Dyck’s is the most confessional of the essays and, no doubt for that reason, the one that made the most impression on me. At some point her trouble writing it became integral to what she had to say -- in particular, to acknowledging the trouble with “feeling like we need to be productive while people are dying, losing jobs, hungry and scared.”

The other four contributors to “A Compilation of Short Takes on Working from Home” recount different levels of difficulty in adjusting to the disruption. Bryan Birchmeier, an intellectual property coordinator at Michigan Publishing and the University of Michigan Press, frames it as a less physically grueling version of the phase known as “tear-down” or “total control” that he went through as in boot camp: “It’s meant to break down any barriers recruits may have to adjusting to a military schedule and to military procedures … We have had to create or adjust to a new schedule and new procedures because so much about our daily routine is different …”

At the other extreme is the experience of Olivier Lebert, the manager for two Canadian journals for 15 years, who has telecommuted for 11 of them -- and from France for the past 10. It sounds like the pandemic has not called for that much change in routine, and he can sum up best practices very clearly: establish a schedule. Stick to it. Meet deadlines. Outside your set working hours, relax: “stop responding to professional calls or emails.”

I knew my cousin Mourad enjoyed being alive more than anybody else who had ever fallen into the world by mistake, but this was more than even I could believe.
In the first place, my earliest memories had been memories of horses and my first longings had been longings to ride.
This was the wonderful part.

Meanings:

Armenian – official language of Armenia branch
Longings – an aching desire

Line to lone explanation:

Mourad was sitting on a white horse. Aram rubbed his eyes and stuck out his head out of the window. Mourad assured him it was not a dream. He asked if he wanted a ride, he must make it quick. Mourad was the type of person who enjoyed being alive but he couldn’t believe that he was seeing a horse in front of him. Aram’s earliest memory was of horses and he always wanted to ride one. This was the wonderful part that he was actually going to ride a horse for real.

Einstein got a false medical certificate and was about to go to the head teacher’s office to submit it. To his surprise, however, the headmaster himself sent for him and informed that the school had decided to rusticate him for his hostile presence in the school. The head teacher explained that all the teachers were troubled with his rebellious attitude and did not want him in the school any longer. He then suggested the simplest way out for Einstein to leave the school on his own.

Background Students are expected to have acquired a reasonable degree of language proficiency in English Language by the time they come to class XI, and the course aims, essentially, at promoting the higher-order language skills. For a large number of students, the higher secondary stage will be a preparation for the university, where a fairly high degree of proficiency in English may be required. But for another large group, the higher secondary stage may be a preparation for entry into the professional domain. The Core Course should cater to both groups by promoting the language skills required for academic study as well as the language skills required for the workplace.

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Mrs Pearson and Mrs Fitzgerald are two contrasting characters. Actually, they are foil to each other. Mrs Pearson is a pleasant looking woman in her forties. She appears to be confused and worried. Mrs Fitzgerald is older. She is heavier and has a ‘strong and sinister personality’. Mrs Pearson is timid and gentle. Mrs Fitzgerald is liberated and bold. She smokes and plays with cards. The two ladies have sharply contrasting voices. Mrs Pearson speaks in a ‘light, flurried sort of tone’. She has ‘a touch of suburban Cockney’. Mrs Fitzgerald has a deep voice. Her accent is Irish.

Mrs Pearson has been reduced to a mere servant in her own house. Her children and husband make her run all the time. She has to dance to their beck and call. Her children Doris and Cyril are spoilt children. They are also selfish and thoughtless. They don’t pay that respect to their mother which she really deserves. Mr George also treats his wife rather indifferently and coldly. Mrs Pearson is condemned to drudgery. Mrs Fitzgerald, on the other hand, is a liberated woman. She is bold and dominating. She enjoys good time and is the mistress of herself and the family.

Mrs Pearson is tender and mild. When Mrs Fitzerald gives a heavy dose to Doris, Cyril and George, she can’t bear it. She asks her to stop the drama at once. She presses her to change back their personalities. Mrs Fitzgerald is firm, solid and result-oriented. She sets all the spoilt members of Mrs Pearson’s family right. She is a better judge of men and matters than Mrs Pearson.

Mrs. Pearson

Mrs. Pearson appears to be a timid and confused lady. She is in her forties. She is a devoted housewife. She enjoys serving her husband and  children. She is ignored and made to work throughout the day. In spite of their ill treatment, neglect and exploitation, she loves them all. In fact, for that she endures everything without any murmur or protest. We feel sympathy for her. We wish her to be a little more assertive. However, Mrs. Fitzgerald brings about a change in her personality. She helps her to become more assertive and dominating at the end.

Mrs. Fitzgerald

Mrs. Fitzgerald is quite experienced and smart. She knows some esoteric magic that she learned in the East. She is heavier and has a 'strong and sinister personality'. She is liberated, strong, dominating and bold. She smokes and plays cards. Mrs Fitzgerald has a deep voice. Her accent is Irish. Mrs. Fitzgerald is firm, solid an d result -oriented. She sets all the spoilt members of Mrs. Pearson's family right.

The Garoghlanian family had a crazy streak. Mourad was considered the natural descendant of uncle Khosrove
as far as the crazy streak was concerned. Mourad’s father, Zorab was practical
and nothing else. But Mourad was his son only in flesh, in the spirit he was
similar to uncle Khosrove. Their tribe was composed of fickle and inconsistent
people who were unpredictable and brought a capricious climate in their family.

Garoghlanian tribes were the Armenian tribes known for their honesty. They had a crazy streak which made them different

• The question has been asked from the story The Summer Of the Beautiful White Horse.
• There was typically an insane streak in the typical Garoghlanian family.  
• As far as the rebellious streak was genuinely concerned, Mourad was regarded as Uncle Khosrove 's native descendant.  
• Zorab represented a practical person and realistically was Mourad's father. But he allegedly represented his dear son solely in flesh similar in leading spirit as to Uncle Khosrove.  
• Their tribe was composed of fickle and inconsistent individuals who were erratic and introduced their family into a capricious world.

The educational system of Germany in those days encouraged rote learning. Conceptual learning and understanding was not heard of.  
Main focus was on mugging up facts and figures without understanding them and Albert Einstein did not like this kind of learning. His teachers criticised  and scolded him for his views.

Albert Einstein took his education in Germany .
The characteristics of the education system was :
There was no scope for conceptual learning.
If there is no interest , then automatically the student will not learn the exact things .

In the story Mothers day, we see the story of a family. This story is set in the 1950s and reflects some of the practices during those times. We see that in the family everyone treats Mrs. Person like a servant and only look for her when they need some work to be done.
This happens because of the negligence on the part of Mrs. Pearson. Since she never opposes such behavior everyone in the family thinks that it is okay for them to treat her in such a way.

Mourad and Aram were cousins and belonged to Garoghlanian tribe which was known for its honesty. Mourad was thirteen and Aram was nine years old. Both longed to ride a horse. But their family was too poor to buy a horse. Both were adventure-loving. Both knew that their family was well known for honesty and right conduct. But Mourad could not help stealing John Byro’s horse. While he had a streak of craziness, Aram was honest and simple-hearted. Mourad was more talented and bolder than Aram. He domesticated the wild horse of John Byro. He repaired the injured wing of a robin bird; he knew how to deal with a horse, and how to soothe a dog. Comparatively, Aram was timid and obedient. Mourad could easily lie to John Byro about the horse. Aram could never do it.

Uncle Khosrove was widely known to be crazy. He was short-tempered and impatient as well. He stopped others from talking by shouting at them. His stock saying was: it is no harm, pay no attention to it. ‘Mourad had got that craziness from Uncle Khosrove.

Ram : The earth, our beloved planet, is ailing.

Mohan : Certainly. It doesn’t seem to be in good health.

Geeta : It is now not only the question of survival of the people but of the survival of the earth itself.

Meera : We owe a responsibility towards the coming generations.

Ram : Should we have a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment ?

Mohan : We must check our greed.

Geeta : Forests, particularly the tropical forests, have to be preserved.

Meera : Let us not indulge in overfishing and destroy our fisheries.

Ram : Grassland must be preserved for our animals. They should not be allowed to be converted into deserts.

Mohan : And our croplands should not degenerate into wastelands.

Geeta : Let us preserve nature and natural wealth and resources.

Meera : Let us make this planet, a beautiful and pleasant place to live in.

The grandmother is the central character, the fulcrum around which the entire story revolves. She is 62 years old and her life has been devoted to the kitchen chores and well being of her family.
The novel 'Kashi Yatre' stirs in her yearnings for a visit to Kashi. This shows that the grandmother is quite religious. She is a lady of great commitment and courage which is evident in her desire to master the Kannada alphabet, even at the age of 62. The grandmother proves to be an ideal and diligent student who achieves her desired goal. Moreover she is quite humble and grateful.

The poem is a tribute to the poet’s mother. She is looking at an old photograph of her mother which has a frame of cardboard. The picture has three girls in which the middle one is the oldest and tallest.

It is her mother when she was twelve years old or so. Beside her, on both sides are her two cousins, Betty and Dolly, who are holding her hands and are younger than her. They went for paddling on a beach holiday. Her uncle took the photograph then. The poet could not help but notice her mother’s sweet face. The sea touched her terribly transient feet which depicted that she changed over the years and the sea remained the same.

After twenty-thirty years, her mother would laugh at the photograph. She would make the poet look at the photograph and tell her how their parents would dress them up for the beach holiday. The beach holiday was her mother’s favourite past memories while her laugh was the poet's favourite memory. Both of them lost something which they cherished a lot and yet cannot live that moment again.

Those sweet moments were memories now.

Now, the poet’s mother had been dead for the past twelve years, which is the same number as of her age when the photograph was taken back then. She cannot express the grief that she has from her mother’s absence.

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The very suggestion of the 'cut' by Frank scared Talpow. He was scared of Crocker Harris and giving Crocker Harris the cut was beyond his imagination. He knew how strict Crocker Harris was and if he dared to cut he was afraid that Crocker Harris would probably follow him home and create a situation which would surely not be quite pleasant for Talpow. And so he dismissed Frank's idea of the cut.