It is believed that when it fully emerges, the goddess inside will come out and then the evil kalyug period will end.ģ. What is the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug?Īns: At Pashupatinath, there is a small shrine that half protrudes from the stone platform at the bank of the Bagmati river. This is the difference the author notes between the flute seller and the other hawkers.Ģ. What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers?Īns: The author sees that while other vendors were shouting to attract the customers, the flute seller frequently selected one of his flutes and played it slowly, meditatively. Answer each question in a short paragraph.ġ. The clear or breathy flutes of South America The deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music The flute seller was holding a long pole that had around fifty to sixty flutes at its top.Īns: The following are the five kinds of flutes: What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?Īns: Vikram Seth compares a flute seller to the quills of a porcupine. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to?Īns: Here, ‘all this’ refers to a bar of marzipan, a corn-on-the-cob rubbed with salt, chili, and lemon roasted in a charcoal stove and reading a few love story comics and a reader’s digest.ģ. Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.Īns: Pashupatinath temple and Boudhanath stupa.Ģ. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.ġ. It was on this trip that a “know it all, obnoxious, woman” (for other reasons) was worried at the numbers in the park were so low we would never see one – sure enough around the next bend there was a herd of at least 20 beasts! Magnificent! Sure enough the rest of the trip did produce similar numbers almost by request over the three days we were there but this was a very uncommon occurrence, and I cannot guess about why we were so lucky.Ans: The author thought of taking the following route:įrom Kathmandu to Patna by bus or train, then Benaras followed by Allahabad and Agra and finally from there to Delhi. Disclaimer – This picture is not mine and I use it to show how dire the poaching situation really is.Ī recent trip to Liwonde National Park showed how fragile these beasts are especially when faced with massive poaching. Growing up with regular trips to National Parks it’s almost too easy to get comfortable in the knowledge that these amazing Pachyderms will be around for ever… sadly the number of animals are decreasing at an alarming rate as the picture (below) shows. This one is probably my favourite from a composition point, style etc and I will be aiming to do more like this down the line! A lot of the time I will develop an outline then fill it in at my leisure with little regard for accuracy, distortion is clear and totally amateurish but it keeps my busy. The Elephant above is proving harder than I expected for the trunk perspective is just not working. More recently I have worked on a few other pieces that got “lost” – a term that probably means more that I lost interest in…īoth are still almost unfinished and I return to them when I need to reminisce or just take a break from the more refined bird work. Others are still a sketch on a rolled up piece of paper in a tube somewhere in the cupboard. Elephants are about as elusive! My brother and I, keen to get closer to Nature walked up and down the Zambezi river in Mana Pools (about 4kms in total) and almost walked into young bull – now it was dry and not a blade of grass in sight but sure enough there it was motionless behind a Jessie bush! It makes your heart beat a few beats faster!! Anyhow back to my art…. Who hasn’t read the Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling? The story of how the elephant got its trunk is so evocative of Africa that I had to post one of the pictures from the story:Īnyhow sentiment aside for the moment, it may have been sometime around my return from some work in Afghanistan that I decided to loosen up and with a few bird pieces out the way, the Elephant stampede began! I may have churned out 4-5 drawings… some I am only getting around to finish now. Elephants have a majesty that a loose hand can sometimes get right… or not! So I got bored with drawing birds and wanted to break out of the finicky, eye blinding detail that birds draw me into.
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