CLASS 11 · SNAPSHOTS SUPPL.READER ENGLISH · CHAPTER 4
Original concise and expanded answers to the reading questions on Amitav Ghosh’s portrait of Agha Shahid Ali.
3 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question Reading with Insight 1
Recall how he welcomed people and found humour.
Mention his poetry and connection to Kashmir.
Shahid seems lively, witty, generous, and courageous. He loved poetry, friends, food, music, and Kashmir, and welcomed people from different backgrounds.
Question Reading with Insight 2
State that Shahid speaks about death calmly and directly.
State that Ghosh is shocked but honours his promise to write.
Shahid faces death openly and calmly, making plans and sometimes using humour. Ghosh is shocked, then records their conversations and writes the promised tribute.
Question Reading with Insight 3
Define diaspora.
Connect the idea with Shahid’s life between Kashmir and the United States.
Diaspora means living away from one’s ancestral home while keeping ties to it. Shahid lived in America but remained connected to Kashmir through family, culture, memory, and poetry.