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Page 1 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother English Grammar Maths Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 Page 2 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother English Grammar Maths Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya, is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is drawing pictures of birds and animals. BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Whatareyoudoing,Munna? Iamdrawing. When will you study? Where were you in the morning? I was playing. Bhaiya, how can yousitwithabookforhourstogether? That's because I want my foundation in education to be very strong. If the base is strong then the building will stand firmly. Sometimes it takes me two years to do one year'swork. Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you keep writing the same word twenty times, one sentence more than twenty times and copy poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters? You know, studying English is no child's play, onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe subject. To speak or write English properly, tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment you get a chance, you run to the field, play marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and study? (turning pale) Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 Page 3 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother English Grammar Maths Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya, is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is drawing pictures of birds and animals. BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Whatareyoudoing,Munna? Iamdrawing. When will you study? Where were you in the morning? I was playing. Bhaiya, how can yousitwithabookforhourstogether? That's because I want my foundation in education to be very strong. If the base is strong then the building will stand firmly. Sometimes it takes me two years to do one year'swork. Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you keep writing the same word twenty times, one sentence more than twenty times and copy poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters? You know, studying English is no child's play, onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe subject. To speak or write English properly, tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment you get a chance, you run to the field, play marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and study? (turning pale) Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Oh Bhaiya, there is a big in the village today.Shouldwego? Have you ever seen me going to a fair or going towatchacricketorhockeymatch?Idon'tgo near them. I prefer to study a book. I don't mind repeating a class for more than two years.Butyoumightstayinthesameclassall your life. Do you expect to pass if you waste yourtimeplayingallthetime?Youaresimply wastingfather'shardearnedmoney. Bhaiya, I feel like running away and going backhome. Now, now! Stop crying. Put on a nice smile. Look I will make a timetable for you to follow. Getupatdawn. mela (Munna starts crying on being scolded and sobbing sounds wah, wah, bah, bah, hu, hu, are heard) Time Schedule 6 Washyourhands Have your breakfast and sit down to study 6-8 English 8-9 Maths 9-9.30 History 3.30 Thenofftoschool 5-6 Grammar Halfanhourforstrolling 6.30-7 Englishcomposition Thendinner 8-9 Translation 9-10 Hindi 10-11 Othersubjectsandthentobed AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM Marigold Marigold 66 67 Reprint 2024-25 Page 4 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother English Grammar Maths Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya, is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is drawing pictures of birds and animals. BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Whatareyoudoing,Munna? Iamdrawing. When will you study? Where were you in the morning? I was playing. Bhaiya, how can yousitwithabookforhourstogether? That's because I want my foundation in education to be very strong. If the base is strong then the building will stand firmly. Sometimes it takes me two years to do one year'swork. Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you keep writing the same word twenty times, one sentence more than twenty times and copy poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters? You know, studying English is no child's play, onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe subject. To speak or write English properly, tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment you get a chance, you run to the field, play marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and study? (turning pale) Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Oh Bhaiya, there is a big in the village today.Shouldwego? Have you ever seen me going to a fair or going towatchacricketorhockeymatch?Idon'tgo near them. I prefer to study a book. I don't mind repeating a class for more than two years.Butyoumightstayinthesameclassall your life. Do you expect to pass if you waste yourtimeplayingallthetime?Youaresimply wastingfather'shardearnedmoney. Bhaiya, I feel like running away and going backhome. Now, now! Stop crying. Put on a nice smile. Look I will make a timetable for you to follow. Getupatdawn. mela (Munna starts crying on being scolded and sobbing sounds wah, wah, bah, bah, hu, hu, are heard) Time Schedule 6 Washyourhands Have your breakfast and sit down to study 6-8 English 8-9 Maths 9-9.30 History 3.30 Thenofftoschool 5-6 Grammar Halfanhourforstrolling 6.30-7 Englishcomposition Thendinner 8-9 Translation 9-10 Hindi 10-11 Othersubjectsandthentobed AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM Marigold Marigold 66 67 Reprint 2024-25 MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Butwhenisthetimetoplay? Play?Whatistheneed,Munna? Oh! I love the green fields, the gentle breeze, I wanttojumpuplikeafootball,Ilikethetouch andgoand soundsofthe and thehurryandflurryofvolleyballpullsmelike amagnet.AssoonasIamonthefield,Iforget everything. Alas!Ihavefailedonceagain. Oh! But Bhaiya, I have passed and topped my class. Now there is only two years difference betweenus. Butmydearbrother,don'tbesoproud. You have passedonlyoneclassandyouthink that I'm stupid and you are smart. Once in a while, in a game, you might get lucky and hit a goal but that does not mean hu tu tu kabaddi, gulidanda SCENE2 The final exams are over and the results are out. Marigold Marigold 66 67 Reprint 2024-25 Page 5 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother English Grammar Maths Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate and respectful to each other. The story also shows that learning from our day to day experiences is as important as what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on the famous story in Hindi- written by Munshi Premchand. Bade Bhai Saheb My Elder Brother SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya, is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is drawing pictures of birds and animals. BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Whatareyoudoing,Munna? Iamdrawing. When will you study? Where were you in the morning? I was playing. Bhaiya, how can yousitwithabookforhourstogether? That's because I want my foundation in education to be very strong. If the base is strong then the building will stand firmly. Sometimes it takes me two years to do one year'swork. Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you keep writing the same word twenty times, one sentence more than twenty times and copy poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters? You know, studying English is no child's play, onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe subject. To speak or write English properly, tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment you get a chance, you run to the field, play marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and study? (turning pale) Marigold 64 65 Reprint 2024-25 MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Oh Bhaiya, there is a big in the village today.Shouldwego? Have you ever seen me going to a fair or going towatchacricketorhockeymatch?Idon'tgo near them. I prefer to study a book. I don't mind repeating a class for more than two years.Butyoumightstayinthesameclassall your life. Do you expect to pass if you waste yourtimeplayingallthetime?Youaresimply wastingfather'shardearnedmoney. Bhaiya, I feel like running away and going backhome. Now, now! Stop crying. Put on a nice smile. Look I will make a timetable for you to follow. Getupatdawn. mela (Munna starts crying on being scolded and sobbing sounds wah, wah, bah, bah, hu, hu, are heard) Time Schedule 6 Washyourhands Have your breakfast and sit down to study 6-8 English 8-9 Maths 9-9.30 History 3.30 Thenofftoschool 5-6 Grammar Halfanhourforstrolling 6.30-7 Englishcomposition Thendinner 8-9 Translation 9-10 Hindi 10-11 Othersubjectsandthentobed AM AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM Marigold Marigold 66 67 Reprint 2024-25 MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA MUNNA BHAIYA Butwhenisthetimetoplay? Play?Whatistheneed,Munna? Oh! I love the green fields, the gentle breeze, I wanttojumpuplikeafootball,Ilikethetouch andgoand soundsofthe and thehurryandflurryofvolleyballpullsmelike amagnet.AssoonasIamonthefield,Iforget everything. Alas!Ihavefailedonceagain. Oh! But Bhaiya, I have passed and topped my class. Now there is only two years difference betweenus. Butmydearbrother,don'tbesoproud. You have passedonlyoneclassandyouthink that I'm stupid and you are smart. Once in a while, in a game, you might get lucky and hit a goal but that does not mean hu tu tu kabaddi, gulidanda SCENE2 The final exams are over and the results are out. Marigold Marigold 66 67 Reprint 2024-25 youhavemasteredthegame.Youhavetowork hardtobesuccessfulinlife.Whenyouhaveto study a subject like Algebra or Geometry in higher classes then you will understand the importanceofhardwork. In Geometry, if one writes ‘acb’ instead of ‘abc’ the answer is marked wrong. The examinerswillnotspareyou.Theywantyouto learnwordbywordfromthetextbooks. Oh Bhaisaheb! This is scary. I dont think I want to go to the 9th class now, but I will still complete my days homework so that I get no punishmentinclass. Just today, we were asked to write a short essayonthetopicof infourpages! Andimagine,cansomethingbewrittenonfour pagesandstillbeshort?Itsallsomixedup! Thank God, it was time for schoolorelse,thescoldingwouldhavegoneon andon. Ah!Iamlucky.Icanpasseasily. Ineednotstudysohard.NowIcanplaygames with my friends and fly kites. But I should still be careful that Bhaiya does not see me flyingkites. MUNNA ’ ’ BHAIYA MUNNA MUNNA Punctuality ’ (thinking aloud) (talking aloud) SCENE3 The results were out once again and it so happened that Munna passed and Bhaiya failed again. Bhaiya was really upset. Munna was also sad seeing his brother so unhappy. Bhaiya now becomes gentler with Munna. Munna became naughtier because of this and studied even less than before. Marigold Marigold 68 69 Reprint 2024-25Read More
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| 1. Who is the protagonist of the article "My Elder Brother"? |  |
Ans. The protagonist of the article "My Elder Brother" is the author himself, Kamala Das.
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Ans. The main theme of "My Elder Brother" is sibling love and the bond between siblings.
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Ans. Kamala Das uses a narrative writing style in "My Elder Brother" to convey her emotions and experiences with her elder brother.
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Ans. Kamala Das expresses deep love and admiration for her elder brother in the article, describing him as her "guardian angel" and "protector."
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Ans. The title "My Elder Brother" highlights the importance of the sibling relationship and the special bond that exists between siblings, especially when there is an age difference. The title also suggests the author's reverence and admiration for her elder brother.
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