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    CBSE CLASS X

    THE LETTER
    BY
    DHUMKETU chetna manchanda
    Topics
    •About Author
    •About Story
    •Explanation
    •Summary
    Question and Answers
    About Author
    •Dhumaketu (1892-1965) was the pen
    name of Gaurishankar Govardhandas
    Josh, a prolific writer,who is considered
    one of the pioneers (one who is the first
    person to begin something) of the
    Gujarati. short story

    Dhumaketu (1892-1965)
    • He published twenty-four collections of short
    stories,as well as thirty-two novels on

    historical and social subjects, and plays and

    travelogues (related to travels). His writing is


    characterized (having features) by a poetic
    style romanticism and powerful depiction (the
    action of showing)of human emotions.
    About the story
    • The story "The Letter" depicts the feelings of an old man, who suffers
    loneliness as his daughter left him as she was married and went to her
    husband"'s home. He has not received any letter from her for the last six
    months. makes him all the more anxious and sad. He visits everyday the
    It

    post office in the hope of getting a letter from his daughter But the post office
    employees do not respect his feelings.Let's read more to understand the
    story...
    Explanation

    •1. the grey sky of early dawn stars still


    In
    glowed (shone), as happy memories light up
    a life that is nearing its close. An old man was
    walking through the town, now and again
    drawing his tattered (torn) clothes tighter to
    shield his body from the cold and biting
    wind.
    •From some houses came the sound of
    grindingmills, and the sweet voices of
    women singing at their work, and the Sounds
    helped him along his lonely way. Except for
    the occasional bark of a dog, the distant steps
    of a workman going early to work, or the
    screech (scream) of abird disturbed before its
    time the whole town was wrapped in deathly
    silence.
    • Most of its inhabitants (residents) were still in the arms
    sleep, the sleep
    of

    which grew more and more profound (deep) on account of the intense
    (extreme) winter cold; for the cold used sleep to extend (increase) its sway
    (influence) over all as a false friend lulls (makessomeonerelaxed)
    things even
    his chosen victim with caressing (gentle and pleasing) smiles.
    •The old man, shivering at times but
    fixedof purpose, plodded (walked with
    slow steps) on till he came out of the
    town-gate on to a straight road. Along
    this he now went at a somewhat
    slower pace, supporting himself on his
    old staff (stick).
    • At the end of the garden stood a handsome
    building of the newest style, and the light
    gleamed (shone) threw the crevices (smal
    crackers) of its closed doors and windows.
    Beholding (watching) the wooden arch of
    this building, the old man was filled with the
    joy that the pilgrim feels when he first sees
    the goal of his journey.
    POST OFFICE
    • Police Superintendent a voice called sharply The old
    man started (moved) at the sound, but h composed
    himself again to wait. But for the faith and love, that
    warmed him, he could not have borne the bitter cold.

    •5. Name after name rang out from within as the clerk
    read out the English addresses in the letters and flung
    (threw) them to the waiting postmen.
    • From long practice, he had acquired great
    speed at reading out the titles Commissioner,
    Superintendent, Diwan Sahib, Librarian and in
    flinging the letters out.

    •6. In the midst of this procedure a jesting voice


    from inside called "Coachman Ali!" The old
    man got up, raised his eyes to heaven in
    gratitude and stepping forward put his hands
    to the door.
    7. "Gokul Bhai!"

    •8. "Yes who isthere?"

    9. "You called out coachman Ali's name didn't you. Here am


    I I have come for
    my letter."

    • 10. "It's a mad man, sir, who worries us by calling everyday for letters that
    never come," said the clerk to the postmaster.

    • 11. The old man went


    back slowly to the bench on which he had been
    accustomed to sit for five long years.
    • 12. Ali had been a clever shikari, As his skill
    increased so did his love for the hunt, till at
    last it was as
    impossible for him to pass a
    day without hunting as it is for the opium
    eater to forgo (miss) his daily portion. When
    Ali sighted the earth-brown partridge
    almost invisible to other eyes, the poor
    bird, they said was as good as in his bag.
    •13. But when the evening of his life was drawing in (coming near), he left his
    old ways and suddenly took a new turn His only child Miriam married and left
    him. She went off with a soldier into his regiment in the Punjab, and for the
    last five years he had no news of this daughter for whose sake alone he
    dragged along a cheerless existence.
    THANK YOU

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