Wrinkles
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Glossary
Wrinkle – झुर्री / सिलवटWrinkles – झुर्रियाँ / सिलवटें
Immerse – विसर्जन / डुबोना / तल्लीन होना
Motherhood – मातृत्व
Nourish – पोषण करना
Womb – गर्भ / कोख
Suck – चूसना
Breast – स्तन / छाती
Fondness – लगाव / स्नेह
Pebbles – कंकड़ / छोटे पत्थर
Backyard – घर के पीछे का आंगन
Courtyard – आंगन / प्रांगण
Comeliness – सुंदरता / आकर्षण
Tinsel – चमकीली सजावट / झिलमिलाहट
Hopscotch – पिट्ठू / स्टापू (बच्चों का एक खेल)
Pitchers – घड़े / कलश / मटकी
Sprout – अंकुर / अंकुरित होना
Veil – घूंघट / पर्दा
Questions
Q1. How many wrinkles does the poet find on his mother’s face?Ans: The poet finds four wrinkles on his mother’s face.
Q2. What does the first wrinkle represent?
Ans: The first wrinkle represents the pain she felt when she left her parents’ home after marriage.
Q3. What do the second and the third wrinkle represent?
Ans: The second wrinkle shows the pain and problems that the poet’s mother faced
when she was carrying him in her womb. The third wrinkle shows the love and
care she gave him when she fed him as a baby.
Q4. What is the poet seeking under the wrinkles of the mother?
Ans: The poet is trying to find the young girl that his mother used to be before
her marriage. He wants to see the same happy and carefree girl behind her
wrinkles.
Q5. What are the activities the poet's mother used to do when she was a girl?
Ans: The poet’s mother took part in the Raade festival with great enthusiasm. She
used to visit the river Tawi to immerse Raade seedlings and bathe during the
Navaratras. She also enjoyed playing games like hopscotch and loved spending
time with pebbles.
Q6. How does the poem end?
Ans: The poem ends with a positive and hopeful feeling. The poet tells his
mother that he will bring back everything she enjoyed before her marriage. He
promises colours for Raade, shiny tinsel for her dupatta, and colourful pebbles
from the river Tawi. He wants his mother to feel like the same joyful girl who
she was in her younger days.
Language Work:
Write the meanings of the following phrases or expressions as used in the poem:
1. from the backyard: from the house of the the parents of the poet's mother.
2. on your blood: the energy drained from the mother's body.
3. nourished myself: developed and grew in mother's womb.
4. took me away: the poet got married.
5. taking courage: having hope.
6. under the skin: the past of the poet's mother.
7. from across the river: from the house of the parents of the poet's mother.
Both expressions refer to the house of the poet’s mother’s parents, but the poem describes it in two different ways:
1. “from the backyard” — shows it as a familiar, homely space connected with her parents’ home.
7. “from across the river” — shows the same place in terms of distance and geography, giving a visual picture of where it is located.