Listen To The Mountain

Listen To The Mountain 

1. Narayan and the villagers go to meet Sagar to discuss the hotel construction. Prepare, a conversation between them.

Answer :

Narayan : Good morning Mr. Sagar. I'm Narayan, the school headmaster.

Sagar      : Oh, yes. I remember you. Why are you here ?

Narayan : We have a serious matter to discuss with you.

Sagar     : Serious issue! What's your problem ?

Narayan :We want you to stop the construction of hotel here.

Sagar : How dare you demand me like this? We've money and power. You people will not do anything against us.

Narayan : We don’t allow anyone to destroy our village and the sacred Darmagiri mountain.

Sagar : But we are doing nothing to the mountain or your village. If we build the hotel, your village will become a famous tourist place.

Narayan : But, you cannot build a hotel there. Dharmagiri cannot hold a structure more than 30 feet. It is so dangerous.

Sagar :Are you kidding me? Dou you think, you village people have more knowledge than the engineers from big cities! Please leave us. We have to begin our duty.

2. Write a character sketch of Grandmother.

Answer :

      Grandmother : The Lover of Nature 

The grandmother is the central character of the play ‘Listen to the mountain’ written by the popular Indian writer Kavery Nambisan. Grandmother is a ninety year old woman,  physically weak, but mentally very strong . She was born and brought up in a small village on the slopes of Dharmagiri mountain. At the very beginning of the play, she introduces herself that she was born at the turn of the century when there were no motor cars, no aeroplanes, no television, no movies, and much less noise.

Grandmother is a sincere lover of nature. She is very anxious and sensitive about the creatures around her. She loves nature and believes that the river, trees, flowers, birds and animals are her friends.  The news of building a hotel in the mountain makes her upset . She thinks about the rabbits, the deer and partridge who are going to lose their homes. She asks who will listen to the river, the clean, beautiful, sweet watered river that will now turn foul with filth. And who will listen to the sorrow of Dharmagiri when it is massacred by roads and burdened with buildings. There will be a lot of  noise and  pollution. She also says that the mountains, the rivers, the trees and the animals, they all speak, just like people if we listen to them. She worries about future and told that tomorrow's world is the world of today's children and the hotel may create problem for them. Thus, we can say that grandmother is simple and rustic, yet she is an environmentalist.

3. The play 'listen to the mountain" tells us that careless exploitation of nature can lead to disasters. Prepare a writeup on the topic. "The causes and Effects of Natural Disasters."

Answer :

"The causes and Effects of Natural Disasters."

Our beautiful earth is going through many serious changes and challenges today. These changes are mainly due to natural disasters happening throughout time. When we talk about natural disasters, pollution, ozone depletion and global warming are the most common scenarios we witnessed.Growing industrialisation and exploitation of natural resources change the ecosystem to a dangerous level.

Apart from natural causes, human beings are mainly responsible for most of the calamities happening today. Our unscientific use of natural resources, exploitation, and greed for money ruins the green planet. Constructions on the hilly regions , reclamation of wetlands, excessive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and mining, etc are the major reasons behind every disasters . Constructions on the hilly region cause landslides and earthquakes. Reclamation of wetlands causes floods and draughts. Deforestation and uncontrollable use of fuels cause the increasing of carbon gases which lead to global warming.

In order to save our planet from this grave threat of climate change and natural hazards, we should take some necessary actions collectively. It's not only a problem of any particular nation or an individual, but it's a problem of mankind. We only have one planet. So, we have to protect our mother earth. We should try to reduce the use of fossil fuels and carbon emissions. We should stop uncontrollable mining activities and constructions. We should protect our forests and wetlands. If we do not take a decisive action as soon as possible, big people with small hearts will perish our planet. Let's do something together for our mother nature.

4. Prepare a newspaper report of the landslide in Dharmagiri.

Answer :

 11 Died in Darmagiri Landslide

Darmagiri : Eleven people killed, including two children in the landslide took place on Darmagiri yesterday. Ten houses also buried beneath the landslide and many people got serious injuries.The landslide occurred in the afternoon when the construction of a multistoried hotel was going on. Eye witnesses say that there was a terrific roar like, rocks falling which lasted for 30 seconds. The injured were carried away on makeshift stretchers to the nearby hospitals. The tragedy is said to be the result of unscientific construction of, the hotel. It is believed that the Darmagiri cannot support a structure taller than 30 feet. The villagers told that they had already given warnings to Mr Dixit, the owner of the hotel and Mr. Sagar, the contractor about this. But they had not ready to hear the villagers. The government has ordered to stop all the constructions going on in the area and also, announced a compensation to the next of kin of those killed in the landslide with a sum of Rs 5 lakh as assistance and the injured will get 1 lak rupees. The government also appointed a commission to make an enquiry about the disaster.

5. Diary entry of Grandmother.

Answer :

20 May 2020

Sunday

It was an unforgettable day in my life! The news I received today deeply disturbs me. Finally the mountain spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. For our village, it was a tragedy. Ten houses buried beneath the landslide. Eleven people killed, including two children! I knew it all along. Nature always speaks if we care to listen. How can I forget this? What might have happened to the animals living there? Big people with small heart swallowed our beautiful village for their selfish gain. May god save us from future disasters.