To
The Head Master,
Nrisinghapur High School,
Nrisinghapur, Nadia.
Sir,
Nrisinghapur,
To
The
Head Master,
Nrisinghapur
High School,
Nrisinghapur,
Nadia.
Subject
: Prayer for admission on transfer certificate.
Sir,
I beg most respectfully to state you that I, Ananya Barui, D/O- Nakul Barui, was a student of class-VIII in Modern Zilla High School, Shyamnagar, North 24-Parganas. My father is a Government employee. Recently he has been transferred from Shyamnagar to Santipur. Our family has already shifted to Santipur. Now I want to get myself admitted in class-VIII at your school on Transfer Certificate, collected from my previous school, is attached here with this application.
I shall be very much thankful if you
kindly grand my request and give me an opportunity to study in your school.
Thanking you,
Yours obediently,
Ananya Barui.
Nrisinghapur,
28/09/13.
To
The Post Master
Nrisinghapur Post Office
Nrisinghapur, Nadia
Sub: Complaint against late
delivery of letters.
Sir,
I, Ratan Das, a resident of Nrisinghapur,
Santipur, Nadia, beg to state you that for some time past, letters addressed to
me as well as other people are either not being delivered in time or not being
at all delivered. The letter box inscribing my name in bold letters is fitted
on the wall of my residence. But it is often seen that the postman is so
careless that the letters are often dropped into the letter box of my next-door
neighbours. This has caused me great inconvenience and considerable worry. Even
few days ago, I missed a job interview due to late delivery of my letter. Sometimes,
I receive my money order even after 15 days of actual date of delivery. I've
personally pointed this out to the Postman but he turns a deaf ear to our
complaint
I therefore, earnestly request you
to make an enquiry into the matter and take necessary action so that letters
are delivered in time to the proper addresses in future.
Yours
faithfully,
Ratan Das
Nrisinghapur
Santipur
Nadia.
17/12/2020.
Dramatization of the story
The Lost Child
by
Mulk Raj Anand
CHARACTERS
Output of the Project:
Time : A
spring morning.
Place : A
village fair ground
(It
is the festival of spring. From the wintry shades of narrow lanes and alleys
emerges a gaily clad humanity. Some walk, some ride on horses, others sit,
being carried in bamboo and bullock carts. Suddenly a little boy runs between
his father’s legs, brimming over with life and laughter.)
Parents: Come, child, come otherwise you will be lagged behind.
Don’t look at the toys in the shops.
(The child hurries towards his
parents, his feet are obedient to their call, his eyes still lingering on the
receding toys. As he comes to where they has stopped to wait for him, he cannot
suppress the desire of his heart, even though he well knows the old, cold stare
of refusal in their eyes.)
The Child: (With
keen plead) I want that toy, Father. (His father looks at him red-eyed, in his
familiar tyrant’s way. His mother, melted by the free spirit of the day is
tender and, gives him her finger to hold)
Mother: (Cajoling
him) Look, child, what is before you! Look at the beautiful flowering
mustard-field, pale like melting gold as it swept across miles and miles of
even land. Look, A group of dragon-flies were bustling about on their gaudy
purple wings, intercepting the flight of a lone black bee or butterfly in
search of sweetness from the flowers.
(The child becomes sad and begins
to follow them in the air with his gaze, till one of insects will still its
wings and rest, and he tries to catch it. But it goes fluttering, flapping, up
into the air, when he has almost caught it in his hands.)
Mother: (With
caution tone) Child, come, come on to the footpath.
(He runs towards his parents gaily
and walks abreast of them for a while, being, however, soon left behind,
attracted by the little insects and worms along the footpath that are teeming
out from their hiding places to enjoy the sunshine.)
Parents: (loudly send
a call to their son from the shade of a grove) “Come, child, come!” (He runs
towards them. A shower of young flowers falls upon the child as he enters the
grove, and, forgetting his parents, he begins to gather the raining petals in
his hands. Sweet cooing of doves is heard in the background. The child runs
towards his parents.)
The Child: (Shouting)
“The dove! The dove!
Parents: (In warning
tone) Come, child, come! (But the child is running in wild capers round the
banyan tree, and gathering him up they took the narrow, winding footpath which
leads to the fair through the mustard fields. As they near the village the
child can see many other footpaths full of throngs, converging to the whirlpool
of the fair, and feels at once repelled and fascinated by the confusion of the
world he is entering.)
(A sweetmeat seller enters hawking)
Sweetmeat
seller: (In professional tone) Gulab-jaman, rasagulla, burfi, jalebi,” (Immediately
crowd presses round his counter at the foot of an architecture of many coloured
sweets, decorated with leaves of silver and gold. The child stares open-eyed
and his mouth waters for the burfi that is his favourite sweet.)
The Child: (With a plead, in murmur tone) I want that burfi. (No answer comes.
Without waiting for an answer, he moves on.)
(A flower-seller enters hawking)
Flower-Seller: A
garland of gulmohur, a garland of gulmohur!
The Child: (Going to the seller) I want that garland. (No answer comes from
his parents. Without waiting for an answer, he moves on.)
(A balloon seller enters holding a
pole with yellow, red, green and purple balloons flying from it. The child is
simply carried away by the rainbow glory of their silken colours and he is
filled with an overwhelming desire to possess them all. But he well knows his
parents will never buy him the balloons because they will say he is too old to
play with such toys. So, he walks on farther.)
(A snake-charmer is seen stood
playing a flute to a snake which coils itself in a basket, its head raises in a
graceful bend like the neck of a swan, while the music steals into its
invisible ears like the gentle rippling of an invisible waterfall. The child goes
towards the snake-charmer. But, knowing his parents has forbidden him to hear
such coarse music as the snake- charmer played, he proceeds farther. There is a
roundabout in full swing. Men, women and children, carry away in a whirling
motion, shriek and cry with dizzy laughter. The child watches them intently.)
The Child: (With a bold request) I want to go on the roundabout, please,
Father, Mother. (Again, there is no reply. He turns to look at his parents.
They are not there, ahead of him. He turns to look on either side. They are not
there. He looks behind. There is no sign of them. A full, deep cry rose within
his dry throat and with a sudden jerk of his body he runs from where he is
standing)
The Child: (Crying in real fear) Mother, Father! (Tears rolldown from his
eyes, hot and fierce; his flushed face is convulsed with fear. Panic- stricken,
he runs to one side first, then to the other, hither and thither in all
directions, knowing not where to go.) “Mother, Father (loudly wailing. His
yellow turban comes untied and his clothes become muddy. Crying. He tries to
look intently among the patches of bright yellow clothes, but there is no sign
of his father and mother among these people, who seem to laugh and talk just
for the sake of laughing and talking. He runs quickly again, this time to a
shrine to which people seem to be crowding. Every little
inch of space here is congested
with men, but he runs through people’s legs.)
The Child: (Sobs near the entrance to the temple) Mother, Father! (The poor
child struggles to thrust a way between their feet but, knocks to and fro by
their brutal movements. He shouts in very high-pitched voice) Father, Mother!
(A man in the surging crowd, enters,
hears his cry and, stooping with great difficulty, lifted him up in his arms.)
A man: How
did you get here, child? Whose baby, are you?”
The Child: (Weeping
bitterly) I want my mother; I want my father!
A man: (trying
to soothe him and taking him to the roundabout) Will you have a ride on the horse?
The Child: (Sobs
and shouts) I want my mother; I want my father!
(Then They headed towards the
place where the snake- charmer still playing on the flute to the swaying cobra.)
The man: (Showing
him the snake-charmer and in requesting tone) Listen to that nice music, child!
The Child: (The
child shuts his ears with his fingers and shouts his double-pitched strain) I
want my mother; I want my father!
(The man takes him near the
balloons,
The man: (Trying
to cajole him) Would you like a rainbow-coloured balloon?
The Child: (Wailing)
I want my mother; I want my father!”
(The man, still trying to make the
child happy, bears him to the gate where the flower-seller sat.)
The man: (Indicating
the flowers) Look! Can you smell those nice flowers, child! Would you like a
garland to put round your neck?
The Child: (Refusing
his request, begins to wail again) I want my mother, I want my father!”
(The man, to humour his
disconsolate charge by a gift of sweets, took him to the counter of the sweet
shop.)
The man: What
sweets would you like, child?
The Child: (Sobbing)
I want my mother; I want my father!
********* Curtain falls **********
Theatrical Script of the short
story
Thank You
Ma’am
By
Langston
Hughes.
CHARACTERS
MRS. LUELLA BATES WASHINGTON JONES
: A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN
ROGER : A POOR STREET BOY
INTERVIEW WITH J. K. ROWLING
Here is an imaginary interview with J. K. Rowling, writer of
famous film series Harry Porter:
Output of
the project:
Interviewer: Hello madam, do you make up the plot in every aspect first by
charting the characters and knowing exactly what you would do with them, or did
you just piece a lot of it together as you wrote earlier?
J. K. Rowling: I always have a basic plot of outline, but I like to leave some
things to be decided while I wrote or write. It's more fun, indeed.
Interviewer: Do you now or have you in the past kept a journal? If yes, do
you believe that it helps in you while writing?
J. K. Rowling: I never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks. I get bored
with my life. I always prefer inventing things.
Interviewer: Madam, what is Nearly Headless Nick's last name?
J. K. Rowling: It's in Book I: De Mimsy-Porpington, excellent one.
Interviewer: Why does Professor Dumbledore always like sherbet lemons?
J. K. Rowling: Because I think that as I like sherbet lemons! And he's got good
taste too.
Interviewer: Was it hard for you to think of the monsters' names?
J. K. Rowling: You know that some of the monsters are from folklore, so I
didn't invent them. In Book IV you'll see some creatures I did invent, and I
had fun making up their names and it gives me pleasure a lot.
Interviewer: What has been your greatest experience because of Harry Potter's
success?
J. K. Rowling: It was the last American tour because for the first time I
realized how many children love Harry. And It was a moving experience for me.
Interviewer: Kindly tell me what makes some witches/wizards become ghosts
after they die and some not?
J. K. Rowling: You don't really find that out until Book VII, but I can say
that the happiest people do not become ghosts at all. As you might guess, Moaning
Myrtle! Is not it right?
Interviewer: How long have you been writing, Madam?
J. K. Rowling: As far back as I can remember as it is my passion. The first
story I finished was when I was six years old, very funny.
Interviewer: What would your advice be to any other young people that would
want to write stories like you?
J. K. Rowling: I think the most important thing is to read as much as you can,
like I did. It will surely give you an understanding of what makes good writing
and it will enlarge your vocabulary and knowledge. And it's a lot of fun! And
also, start by writing about things as you already know - your own experiences,
your own feelings. That's what I do.
Interviewer: What did the Potter parents do for a living before Voldemort
killed them, Madam?
J. K. Rowling: I'm sorry to keep saying this, but I can't tell you because it's
important to a later plot, sorry. But you will find out later when you will
read it!
Interviewer: In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain was
sixth year Marcus Flint and If there are only seven years of Hogwarts, why is
he in the third book of yours?
J. K. Rowling: He had to do a year again, my boy!
Interviewer: How do students at Hogwarts get educated in Muggle subjects and
Do they even need to know other things besides magic?
J. K. Rowling: They can choose to study Muggle subjects if they will. In the
third book, Hermione takes the class Muggles Studies, and that's where they
learn about Muggles in school etc.
Interviewer: Since Harry Potter's parents were sorcerers and Petunia was
Harry's mother's sister and Shouldn't Petunia be a witch or wizard?
J. K. Rowling: I don’t think so as Hagrid explains in Book I, sometimes a witch
or a wizard occurs in an otherwise Muggle family, just as a Squib is a
non-magic person who occurs in an otherwise magic family. Right?
Interviewer: yes. Do you think that you will write about Harry after he
graduates from Hogwarts? Isn't there a University of Wizardry in the story?
J. K. Rowling: No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only
planning to write seven Harry Potter books and I won't say "never,"
but I have no plans to write an eighth book.
Interviewer: Will we ever get a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher who
lasts more than a year, Madam?
J. K. Rowling: I'm not going to tell you.
Interviewer: Is Harry Potter ever going to fall in love with Hermione or is
he going to fall in love with Ginny Weasley surely?
J. K. Rowling: In Book IV Harry does decide he likes a girl, but it's not
Hermione or Ginny, I will say. However, he's only 14, so there's plenty of time
for him to change his mind if he wish.
Interviewer: If you had to choose one teacher from your books to teach your
child, who would it be and why, kindly tell me, madam?
J. K. Rowling: It would be Professor Lupin, my favourite one because he is
kind, clever, and gives very interesting lessons.
Interviewer: How many countries have you visited since writing Harry Potter? I
know you like to travel.
J. K. Rowling: Um...let me think a bit. Spain, Italy, France, America. That's
all. Hope, I will be visiting lots more, but because my daughter's still so
young, I don't like to travel too much unless I can take her with me.
Interviewer: Will Harry ever get a break and not live with the Dursleys in
your story?
J. K. Rowling: I'm not going to tell you that, its secret!
Interviewer: Will we ever see Scabbers again in your story?
J. K. Rowling: Yes, definitely You will see Scabbers again.
Interviewer: Will Harry ever get to go with his godfather (Sirius Black)?
J. K. Rowling: He is in contact with Sirius Black in Book IV, but you know as
Sirius is on the run, it's difficult for them to be together at the moment in
future.
Interviewer: Is it true, kindly tell me, you're doing 7 books, one for each
year that Harry will be at Hogwarts?
J. K. Rowling: Yes, true.
Interviewer: Do you have an actual floorplan for Hogwarts? Do you use it when
writing your books?
J. K. Rowling: I haven't drawn it, because I think it would be difficult for
the most skilled architect to draw, owing to the fact that the staircases and
the rooms keep moving. However, I have a very vivid mental image of what it
looks like you may know.
Interviewer: What made you think of the people's names and dormitories at
Hogwarts, please tell me?
J. K. Rowling: I invented the unusual names of the Houses on the back of an
airplane sick bag! This is true. I love inventing names, but I also collect
unusual names, I do so, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one
that suits a new character.
Interviewer: will you inform me if you take real people you know and put them
in your books?
J. K. Rowling: The closest I've come to putting a real person in my books is
with Gilderoy Lockhart and he is an
exaggeration of someone I once knew. John Weasley is a little bit like my
oldest friend, a man I was at school with, whose name is Sean. But neither of
them are accurate portraits.
Interviewer: How long does it take to write one Harry Potter book? An interesting
question.
J. K. Rowling: It depends. The quickest, so far, was a year as far as I can
remember.
Interviewer: How does it feel to you to know that millions of kids are
reading your books worldwide?
J. K. Rowling: Amazing to know it! I don't think I really realized how many
there were until I visited the States and met thousands and thousands of people
at book signings, I like it.
Interviewer: How did you come up with Harry Potter in the story?
J. K. Rowling: Harry just sort of strolled into my head, on a train journey,
long ago. He arrived very fully formed. It was as though I was meeting him for
the first time.
Interviewer: Why are the gnomes bad? What do they do in the story?
J. K. Rowling: Gnomes eat the roots of your plants, and make little heaps of
earth, like moles do, you know. They are also a bit of a giveaway that wizards
live in a house in the story.
Interviewer: Did you ever meet a boy like Harry in your life?
J. K. Rowling: I probably remember that I met a boy like Harry, since I've been meeting
readers of the Harry books. But he wasn't based on anyone real so far I can
tell you.
Interviewer: Are any of your female characters, like Hermione, modeled after
your own daughter, madam?
J. K. Rowling: No, if Hermione was based on anyone, she was based on me when I
was younger, you know. But my daughter is turning out to be a bit like me, so
she is a bit like Hermione as you will notice.
Interviewer: Was there a particular teacher who encouraged you to write when
you were a child, madam? If there was, how did he or she encourage or help you
in writing?
J. K. Rowling: I had some wonderful teachers, but I never confided that I
wanted to be a writer. So, no. Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, passion,
so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it
since my childhood.
Interviewer: Where were you born and what was your childhood like?
J. K. Rowling: I
was born in a place called Chipping, so perhaps that explains my love of silly
names, my boy.
Interviewer: How can two Muggles have a kid with magical powers, kindly
explain it? Also how does the Ministry of Magic find out these kids have
powers?
J. K. Rowling: It's the same as two black-haired people producing a redheaded
child in the story. Sometimes these things just happen, and no one really knows
why! The Ministry of Magic doesn't find out which children are magic. In
Hogwarts there's a magical quill which detects the birth of a magical child,
and writes his or her name down in a large parchment book, as you will notice.
Every year Professor McGonagall checks the book, and sends owls to the people
who are turning 11 in the story.
Interviewer: Does Harry give Christmas gifts to his friends? The books
mention only gifts he receives in the story. I am interested to know whether he
gives gifts and if they are appropriate for the receiver.
J. K. Rowling: Ron is very sensitive about his poverty, and Harry knows that
Ron might be offended if he tried to give him too much in the story. Ron feels awkward
accepting too much from Harry in the story.
Interviewer: Do you have a role model and if so, who?
J. K. Rowling: I don't really have a role model, but I have a heroine in my
mind! She was Jessica Mitford, and she was a human rights activist.
Interviewer: When you were my age, did you ever write a book? I am in the
fifth grade.
J. K. Rowling: Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I wrote a story about seven
cursed diamonds in the childhood. I thought it was a novel. I think now it was
really a very long short story.
Interviewer: Where is Azkaban, madam?
J. K. Rowling: In the north of the North Sea, a very cold sea.
Interviewer: We are Windy Hills Elementary. Do you write every day, and for
how long do you write, madam?
J. K. Rowling: I write nearly every day. Some days I write even for ten or eleven
hours. Other days I might only write for three hours and it depends on how fast
the ideas are coming in mind.
Interviewer: How do you feel about receiving the British Book Awards
Children's Book of the year, madam?
J. K. Rowling: Very, very honored.
Interviewer: Where did Sirius Black and Buckbeak go after they went into
hiding in the story?
J. K. Rowling: Somewhere nice and warm! Ha ha.
Interviewer: Do you have any pets/animals? If so, did any of your ideas for
monsters come from watching them, madam?
J. K. Rowling: I have a very very violent rabbit.
Interviewer: How many languages is the book published in?
J. K. Rowling: Oh goodness! Probably Twenty-five, I think!
Interviewer: Madam, would you get a mythical pet from one of your books? If
you could, which one?
J. K. Rowling: If I could, I would choose a Phoenix, because they have such
useful properties, as Harry finds out in Book III.
Interviewer: Did you get any help writing any of the books?
J. K. Rowling: No, I did it all by myself!
Interviewer: Why did you choose the lightning bolt as a trademark for Harry
Potter story?
J. K. Rowling: actually I decided that it would be an interesting and
distinctive mark.
Interviewer: Do you still write in cafes, or do you have to stay out of
public places while you write so people won't bother you? I am excited to know
it
J. K. Rowling: I still write in cafes, but I go to different ones now! Ha ha.
Interviewer: Scholastic says: We are almost out of time Ms. Rowling, thank
you so much for joining us. Do you have any parting words you would like to
share with your unnumbered admires, madam?
J. K. Rowling: Don't let the Muggles get you down! Ok bye.
Interviewer: Thank you madam! Thanks for your valuable
time.