The
Groom Who Lost His Bride to the Stars
Text
book exercise
Q-1 a. Why was the
astrologer angry?
Ans: When the astrologer
heard that the groom’s family had decided the wedding date without paying him a
fee to consult the position of stars and planets, he was very angry.
Q-2 b. How did the bride’s
father react to the groom’s family not turning up for the marriage?
Ans: Feeling insulted the
bride’s father announced thant he would find an honourable, hard- working man
from the village itself and marry his daughter to him.
Q-3. Why do you think the
bride’s father was justified in marrying his daughter to another man?
Ans: The bride’s father was
justified in marrying his daughter to another man because for the groom’s
family the stars and planets was more important than the bride who was waiting
for the groom for the marriage.
Q-4. What did the wise man
of the village explain to the groom?
Ans: The good fortune is not
in stars and plane, it is in our work. Stars cannot harm us but our blind faith
in them and the fear about the misfortune they could bring actually lead to the
harm.
Extra
Questions
1.
What is the setting of the story? Banaras.
2.
What was the rich family in search of? A
bride for their son.
3.
Where did they find what they wanted? They found a suitable match in the
neighbouring village.
4.
Describe the bide-to-be. She was a cloth
merchant’s daughter – a loving, a loving, cultured and pretty girl.
5.
When was the wedding to be held? It was
decided to hold the wedding on the first Sunday of the following month.
6.
What was the venue for the ceremony? The huge
temple in the village was agreed upon as the venue for the ceremony to take
place.
7.
For what did the groom’s family consult their
astrologer? They consulted the astrologer on important matters such as business
and other special occasions in the family.
8.
Why was the astrologer angry? When the
astrologer heard that the groom’s family had decided the wedding date without
paying him a fee to consult the position of stars and planets, he was very
angry.
9.
Why did the astrologer decide to disrupt the
wedding? He was angry at not being paid, so he did not want the wedding to take
place, thus he decided to disrupt the wedding.
10. What
did the astrologer state about the wedding? The astrologer stated about the
wedding that the day was very inauspicious for the marriage to take place as
the position of the planets and stars was not right. If the marriage took place
that day, something unfortunate was bound to happen.
11. How
did the groom’s family react and why? They refrained from going to the wedding
because they blindly believed the astrologer.
12. What
were the bride and her family doing meanwhile? Meanwhile, in the village, the
bride and her family made the necessary arrangements for the ceremony at the
village temple and reached there with all the guests.
13. Why
did the bride’s family feel insulted? The bride’s family waited for the groom
and his family to arrive but when more than a few hours passed, they realized
that the family would not come. They felt extremely insulted and decided not to
wait any longer.
14. What
did the bride’s father announce? The bride’s father announced that he would
find an honourable, hard-working man from the village itself and marry his
daughter to him.
15. Who
did the bride get married the next day? The very next day, the bride got
married to a handsome, well- to-do saree merchant from the same village.
What did the
astrologer of the family of Banaras announce the same morning? What did the
family do? The astrologer of the family of Banaras informed them that the stars and planets were in perfect positions for the wedding to
take place that day. So the family set out towards the village.
1.
Why was the family of Banaras shocked? The
family of Banaras was shocked to know that the girl had married another man.
2.
What explanation did the bride’s father give
for marrying his daughter to another man? The angry father of the bride told
the family that they had disgraced them by not showing up the previous day, so
his daughter had married another man.
3.
How did the groom’s father explain their
delay? The groom’s father explained that their family astrologer warned them
that the date they had chosen for the marriage was inauspicious and advised
them not to come. He had assured them that this day was a lucky day for the
wedding and that is why they were there. He wanted the bride to be present.
4.
Why did the bride’s father tell them to go
back to Banaras? The bride’s father said that since the position of the stars
and planets was more important for them than the bride who was waiting there,
they had dishonoured them and they should go back to Banaras.
5.
Who overheard this conversation? The head of
the village.
6.
What did he tell the groom’s family? He told
them that the good fortune was in the bride, not in the stars. They were
foolish to follow the stars and lose the bride as those far-off stars could not
harm them. It was their blind faith in them and the fear about the misfortune
they could bring, that actually led to the harm.
Who
said to whom
1.
“You disgraced us by not showing up
yesterday.” (bride’s father said to groom’s family)
2.
“Please bring the bride here!” (the groom’s
father said to bride’s father)
3.
“The good fortune was in the bride, not in
the stars.” (the head of the village said to groom’s father)
4.
“The position of the stars and planets was
more important for you that the bride who was waiting here.” (The bride’s
father said to groom’s father)
5.
“Those far-off stars cannot harm us. It is
our blind faith in them” (The head of the village said to groom’s father)
State
whether following sentences are true or false :
1.
The groom’s family was staying in Banaras.
(true)
2.
The groom’s family found the suitable bride
in the same village. (false)
3.
The groom and bride’s family decided to hold
the wedding on the last Sunday of the following month. (false)
4.
The groom’s family blindly believed in an
astrologer. (true)
5.
The astrologer happily agreed for the
marriage. (false)
Match
the column A with column B
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Column A
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Column B
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1.
make a formal public statement about a fact
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a.
suitable match
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2.
unlucky
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b.
ceremony
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3. a
formal religious or public occasion
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c.
consulted
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4.
had discussions with someone
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d.
announced
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5.
match made in heaven
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e.
unfortunate
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1.
d. 2. e 3. b.
4. c. 5. a.
Fill
in the blanks
1. Both
the families were extremely happy with the alliance.
2. The
groom’s family blindly believes their astrologer.
3. Believing
their astrologer the groom’s family refrained
from going to the wedding.
4. The
bride married to a saree
merchant from the same village.
5. The
groom’s family was from Banaras.
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