ENGLISH PROJECT
JAWAHAR NAVODYA
VIDYALYA,PUNE
A VISIT TO
CAMBRIDGE
SUMMARY-:
The author plans a trip to Cambridge. He feels it highly pleasing. Here, he sees Mr. Stephen Hawking. He made a walking tour through Cambridge to see him. Stephen was also a disabled professor although he was a successor to Issac Newton at the Cambridge University. He wrote the famous. “A Brief History of Time”. The author met Henry VII and Elizabeth. He also went there. He wished to see Stephen. He reached there on seeing him.
He was shocked to see him using a computer-voice for speaking, a wheel-chair to sit on and long fingers, tapping the key-board with great difficulty. Stephan faced the situation with great difficulty yet bravely. His fingers had a little energy left for movement to him. His eyes would shut in disappointment and he would felt tired.
He suffered a great anguish. His mind was full of thoughts. He said that he felt amused when people encouraged him. As people visit to him, he felt disturbing. His appearance shocked the author as he was like a motionless photograph. He twisted his head side ways and trunk inside the shirt.
He legs didn’t work at all. His eyes appeared moving list lessly. The author observed liveliness in his mind. The thin body existed like a case made of shadows. He felt there was nothing good about being disabled but the author said that we can at least know much kindness left in the world. Stephen agreed through his voice synthesizer. The author compared his own condition with that of Stephen.
He thanked God he was a little better although he used wheel-chair. He was contented to think about the possibilities of his own body. He realized that he also could not walk. Stephen had been an inspiration to him. It was unnecessary to see people smiling at Stephen with praise that he was still breathing.
On asking for any advice to the author about disabled people, Stephen said, "Concentrate on what you are good at.” He said he had once unstringed guitar although he enjoyed it.
The author now felt guilty of disturbing Stephen with many questions and troubling with his disabled and “computer voiced” body. So, he begged him permission to leave him.
The author visited his garden on wheel-chair. The author could neither kiss his friend. He only touched his shoulder and left him on his wheel-chair.
FIRDAUS KANGA -:
Born: 1960, Mumbai |
Firdaus Kanga is a writer and actor who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to Grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book Heaven on Wheels about his experiences in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia
Firdaus Kanga is a writer and actor who lives in London. He has written a novel, Trying to grow a semi-autobiographical novel set in India and a travel book Heaven on wheels about his experiences in the United Kingdom.
Born-: 1960, MUMBAI
Difficult word -:
teeth
QUESTIONS -:
MADE BY -:
Pritam kondar
Otur
Tal-:junnar
Dist-:pune
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