Weathering The Storm In Ersama
Weathering the Storm in Ersama
Answers to Text book questions Think About It
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
(ANS) The super cyclone devastated everything in Orissa. Houses were destroyed, people lost their families, belongings and source of sustenance. After the super cyclone, a raging deadly brown sheet of water covered everything. Only some fractured cement houses still stood in a few places. Bloated animal carcasses and human corpses floated in every direction. Even the huge old trees had fallen. When Prashant went towards his village along with two friends of his uncle, they had to push away many human bodies and carcasses of dogs, goats, and cattle. They could barely see a house standing. All the houses had been washed away.
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
(ANS) Prashant helped the people of his village by first getting a grip over himself because he was initially shocked on witnessing the after effects of the cyclone. He decided to step in as the leader of his village. He organized a group of youths and elders to jointly pressurize the merchant to given rice for the people living in the shelter. He was successful in this task. His next task was to organize a team of youth volunteers to clean the shelter and to tend to the wounds of the people who had been injured because of the cyclone. He then began efforts to help the orphans and widows pick up the broken pieces of their lives by enabling them to resettle in their own community itself. Prashant brought a number of orphaned children together and constructed a polythene shelter for them. While women were mobilized to look after them, the men secured food and other essentials for the shelter. When he realised that the women were becoming too grief-stricken, he persuaded them to start working in the food-forwork programme, which was initiated by an NGO. He also organized sports events for children.
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
(ANS) The people of the community helped one another by joining hands under the leadership of Prashant. They jointly pressurized the merchant to give rice as everybody was starving. A fire was lighted to cook the rice. It was the first time after the cyclone had hit the area that everyone ate their fill. A team of youth volunteers was organized to clean the shelter and to tend to the wounds and fractures of the people who had been injured because of the cyclone. When the military helicopter dropped some food parcels but did not return, the youth task force gathered empty utensils from the shelter and deputed the children to lie in the sand with these utensils on their stomachs to communicate to the passing helicopters that they were hungry. The women of Kalikuda looked after the orphaned children. On Prashant’s insistence, the widows also started working in the food-for-work programme started by an NGO and began foster care for the orphaned children.
What do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? Why alternatives do they consider?
(ANS) Prashant and the other volunteers resisted the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows because they felt that in such institutions, children would grow up without love and the widows would suffer from stigma and loneliness. Prashant’s group believed that orphans should be resettled in their community itself, possibly in new foster families made up of childless widows and children without adult care.
Do you think Prashant is good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
(ANS) Yes, Prashant is a very good leader. Though he himself was grief-stricken, he got a hold of himself and decided to step in as the leader of the village. He carried out his role effectively and helped the people of his village in every possible manner. Yes. Young people can definitely get together to help people during natural calamities and otherwise. They can use their strength and vigour to help the people.
Answers to Text book questions Think About It
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
(ANS) The super cyclone devastated everything in Orissa. Houses were destroyed, people lost their families, belongings and source of sustenance. After the super cyclone, a raging deadly brown sheet of water covered everything. Only some fractured cement houses still stood in a few places. Bloated animal carcasses and human corpses floated in every direction. Even the huge old trees had fallen. When Prashant went towards his village along with two friends of his uncle, they had to push away many human bodies and carcasses of dogs, goats, and cattle. They could barely see a house standing. All the houses had been washed away.
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
(ANS) Prashant helped the people of his village by first getting a grip over himself because he was initially shocked on witnessing the after effects of the cyclone. He decided to step in as the leader of his village. He organized a group of youths and elders to jointly pressurize the merchant to given rice for the people living in the shelter. He was successful in this task. His next task was to organize a team of youth volunteers to clean the shelter and to tend to the wounds of the people who had been injured because of the cyclone. He then began efforts to help the orphans and widows pick up the broken pieces of their lives by enabling them to resettle in their own community itself. Prashant brought a number of orphaned children together and constructed a polythene shelter for them. While women were mobilized to look after them, the men secured food and other essentials for the shelter. When he realised that the women were becoming too grief-stricken, he persuaded them to start working in the food-forwork programme, which was initiated by an NGO. He also organized sports events for children.
How have the people of the community helped one another? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days?
(ANS) The people of the community helped one another by joining hands under the leadership of Prashant. They jointly pressurized the merchant to give rice as everybody was starving. A fire was lighted to cook the rice. It was the first time after the cyclone had hit the area that everyone ate their fill. A team of youth volunteers was organized to clean the shelter and to tend to the wounds and fractures of the people who had been injured because of the cyclone. When the military helicopter dropped some food parcels but did not return, the youth task force gathered empty utensils from the shelter and deputed the children to lie in the sand with these utensils on their stomachs to communicate to the passing helicopters that they were hungry. The women of Kalikuda looked after the orphaned children. On Prashant’s insistence, the widows also started working in the food-for-work programme started by an NGO and began foster care for the orphaned children.
What do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? Why alternatives do they consider?
(ANS) Prashant and the other volunteers resisted the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows because they felt that in such institutions, children would grow up without love and the widows would suffer from stigma and loneliness. Prashant’s group believed that orphans should be resettled in their community itself, possibly in new foster families made up of childless widows and children without adult care.
Do you think Prashant is good leader? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities?
(ANS) Yes, Prashant is a very good leader. Though he himself was grief-stricken, he got a hold of himself and decided to step in as the leader of the village. He carried out his role effectively and helped the people of his village in every possible manner. Yes. Young people can definitely get together to help people during natural calamities and otherwise. They can use their strength and vigour to help the people.
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