The Bus by Arun Kolatkar
Short Answer-Type Questions(marks-2)
0.1. Where is the narrator of the poem “The Bus” gong to? What is the place famous for?
In the poem “The Bus” by Arun Koolatkar, the narrator is going to the Jejuri and the hill-temple of Khandoba, an incarnation of Lord Shiva who is also known as Malhari Martand.
This town is fifty kilometers south-east of Pune and is the most prominent temple in Western Maharashtra. The God Khandoba is worshipped by all castes and communities and has Muslim devotees as well.
Q. 2. To which poetry collection “The Bus” is included?
Ans. The Bus’ by Arun Kolatkar is the opening poem of the thirtyone section of his collection of poems ‘Jejuri.’ It describes the bumpy journey from the starting point to its destination which is the temple of Khandoba.
Q. 3. What is meant by “The tarpaulin flaps are buttoned, down”?
Ans. The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar. It is a rainy dawn and it is typical of Indian buses to have only tarpaulin flaps instead of glass-shutters.
Q. 4. What is meant by ” Slapping a corner… at your elbow”?
Ans. The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar.It is a refers to the irksome experience of having to put up with the tarpaulin flaps beating at one’s elbow or even face. The cold wind which slaps the tarpaulin which in turn nudges the elbow of the pilgrims is symbolic of the reasons which try to attack the thick tarpaulin like beliefs of the pilgrims
Q.5 What is meant “your own divided face… you get to see” ?
The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar. Imprisoned within tarpaulin screens, the pilgrim has nothing else to see than his own ‘divided face’ reflected in the spectacles of the old man sitting opposite to him. The only sign of daybreak that Manohar sees is the sight of his own divided face. The conflict is between his own mind which wants to go a pilgrimage on one hand and his skeptic mind which questions its credibility on the other. The split image in the old man’s spectacles symbolizes this idea.
Q. 6. What is meant by “You look down to the roaring road.”?
Ans. The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar. The roaring road , is an example of the transferred epithet, its meaning is that the bus is roaring down the dark road.
Q. 7. What is meant by “you seem to move… between his eyebrows”?
Ans. The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar. With his eyes riveted on the old man’s brow the pilgrim can only “feel the on-ward movement of his journey little aware of the goal or destination. He has obviously a goal and a purpose which is beyond religion of which the caste mark is a symbol. The journey seems to be an aimless, purposeless movement in a wasteland of darkness relieved now and then by streaks of sunlight shooting into the bus.
Q. 8. What is meant by “the bus seems to change direction… you dont step inside the old man’s head.”?
Ans. The reference is taken from the poem “The Bus” by Arun Kolatkar. The pilgrim has arrived at his destination after a bumpy ride. But he neither carries with him nor shares with the old man any of the religious sentiments associated with the temple.
Q. 9. Give an example in the poem “The Bus” which shows that it was a night journey.
Ans. The following lines in the poem “The Bus” show that it was a night journey:
“You look down to the roaring road.
You search for the signs of daybreak in what little light spills out of bus”.
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