Class 8: English, Lesson 4: The Great Escape
Lesson 4: The Great Escape
(Unit 1: Page 31 – 33)
đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)
Text: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (born 23 January 1897), was one of the most famous Indian nationalist leaders who fought for India’s Independence from British rule. To this purpose he founded the Indian National Army (INA) which included a women’s regiment too. In 1941 the British Government put Subhas under house arrest, that is, confined him in his own house. The following narrative describes the exciting and courageous escape of Subhas Bose from the clutches of the British to continue his struggle for India’s freedom.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āύā§āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻžāώāĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϏ⧠(āĻāύā§āĻŽ ā§¨ā§Š āĻāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋ ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§), āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻ
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Text: Looking pale and thin, with a bushy half-grown beard, Subhas was reclining on his pillows when Sisir, his nephew, entered Subhas’s bedroom that December afternoon. Subhas made him sit to his right on the bed. Looking intensely at Sisir, he said, “Can you do some work for me?” Sisir nodded.
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Text: The task, as it turned out, was to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India. Sisir would have to drive his uncle, in the dead of the night, to a railway station far away from Calcutta.
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āύā§āĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āϰā§āϞ āϏā§āĻā§āĻļāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Text: From his uncle’s residence at Elgin Road, Sisir walked back that night to his own house at 1, Woodburn Park in a state of wonder and subdued excitement.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ: āĻāϞāĻāĻŋāύ āϰā§āĻĄā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§, āĻļāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϰ āϏā§āĻ āϰāĻžāϤ⧠⧧, āĻāĻĄāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āύ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻāϞ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝā§āĨ¤
Text: The police were keeping watch on Subhas’s house. Though it was normal for a nephew to visit an ailing uncle, Subhas had an additional excuse for meeting his nephew. Sisir was good at operating the radio. He helped Subhas listen to foreign broadcasts.
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āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻ
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Text: Subhas and Sisir discussed various means of escape. Finally, they decided to drive out, in the most natural fashion, through the main gate. Sisir owned a German car called the Wanderer, which he and Subhas chose for their journey.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ (Word Nest) [Page 32]
| Word | Meaning (Bengali) |
|---|---|
| reclining | leaning back (āĻšā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§) |
| subdued | hushed (āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻž / āĻĻāĻŽāĻŋāϤ) |
| ailing | sick (āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ) |
| additional | extra (āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ) |
| operating | functioning (āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāύā§) |
| broadcasts | radio messages (āĻŦā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰ) |
| fashion | way (āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ / āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ) |
Let’s do (Textual Activities: 1, 2 & 3) [Page 33]
Activity 1: Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) Subhas and Sisir chose the Wanderer for their journey.
(2) Sisir entered Subhas’s bedroom that December afternoon.
(3) The police were keeping a watch on Subhas’s house.
(4) Sisir was to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India.
(5) Subhas’s nephew helped him listen to foreign broadcasts.
(6) Sisir walked back to his own house in a state of wonder and excitement.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§ (Click for Answers)
Correct Order:
1. (2) Sisir entered Subhas’s bedroom that December afternoon.
2. (4) Sisir was to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India.
3. (6) Sisir walked back to his own house in a state of wonder and excitement.
4. (3) The police were keeping a watch on Subhas’s house.
5. (5) Subhas’s nephew helped him listen to foreign broadcasts.
6. (1) Subhas and Sisir chose the Wanderer for their journey.
Activity 2: Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) On a December afternoon, Sisir __________.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: entered Subhas’s bedroom.
(b) The task that Subhas gave Sisir was __________.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: to help plan and carry out Subhas’s escape from India.
(c) 1, Woodburn Park was __________.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: Sisir’s own house.
(d) The escape plan of Subhas and Sisir was __________.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: to drive out, in the most natural fashion, through the main gate.
Activity 3: Answer the following question:
Why did Subhas and Sisir, as their plan of escape, decide to drive out in ‘the most natural fashion through the main gate’?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: They decided to drive out in the most natural fashion through the main gate because doing so would not raise suspicion among the police who were keeping a watch on the house. A secretive exit might have looked suspicious.
Lesson 4: The Great Escape
(Unit 2: Page 34 – 39)
đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)
Text: Subhas had cabled Akbar Shah to meet him at Calcutta. Akbar Shah was a co-worker in the freedom struggle against British Raj. He operated in the north-western frontier provinces. He was to help Subhas escape. Akbar Shah came to Calcutta. He was introduced to Sisir. Together they went to a shop in Central Calcutta where they purchased baggy shalwars (trousers) and a black fez for Subhas’s disguise. Later, Sisir also purchased a suitcase, a bedroll, shirts and pillows. Subhas was to carry these with him in the journey. Sisir then went to a printer’s shop. He ordered a set of calling cards which read: ‘Muhammad Ziauddin, Travelling Inspector, the Empire of India Life Insurance Co. Ltd.’. This was the false identity with which Subhas was to travel.
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Text: On 16th January, 1941, Sisir finished his dinner early and drove to Elgin road around 8.30 pm. He parked the Wanderer at the back of the house. Sisir and Subhas had maintained total secrecy about the plan of escape. None of the family members knew anything except Subhas’s niece Ila and a male cousin, Dwijen. Subhas and Sisir waited until the rest of the Bose family had fallen asleep. Subhas had changed into his disguise as Muhammad Ziauddin. He was dressed in a long, brown coat, baggy shalwars and a black fez. He wore gold wire-rimmed spectacles.
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Text: It was 1.35 am. The night was moonlit. Dwijen signalled from an upstairs window that no policeman was nearby. By day, the policemen sat on a charpoi at the corner of Elgin Road and Woodburn Road. They paced up and down the street before Subhas’s house. On the cool winter night of January 16th, they had preferred the comfort of the warm blankets on the charpoi.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ (Word Nest) [Page 35 & 37]
| Word | Meaning (Bengali) |
|---|---|
| cabled | telegraphed (āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ) |
| frontier | border (āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤ) |
| provinces | regions (āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āĻļ / āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ) |
| baggy | loose-fitting (āĻĸāĻŋāϞā§āĻĸāĻžāϞāĻž) |
| fez | a felt cap, shaped like a flat topped cone (āĻĢā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻŋ) |
| bedroll | bedding rolled up for carrying (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϰ) |
Let’s do (Textual Activities)
Activity 4 [Page 35]
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) Akbar Shah operated in the north-eastern frontier provinces.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: F
S.S: “He operated in the north-western frontier provinces.”
(b) The items of clothing for Subhas’s disguise were purchased from a shop in South Kolkata.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: F
S.S: “Together they went to a shop in Central Calcutta…”
(c) Everyone in Subhas’s family was aware of his plan of escape.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: F
S.S: “None of the family members knew anything except Subhas’s niece Ila and a male cousin, Dwijen.”
(d) The policemen preferred warm blankets on the cool, winter night of 16th January.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: T
S.S: “On the cool winter night of January 16th, they had preferred the comfort of the warm blankets on the charpoi.”
Activity 5 [Page 35]
Answer the following questions:
(a) What items were purchased for Subhas to be carried with him on his journey?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: A suitcase, a bedroll, shirts and pillows were purchased for Subhas to be carried with him on his journey.
(b) What was the real identity of Muhammad Ziauddin?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: The real identity of Muhammad Ziauddin was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
(c) Why do you think Subhas had to put on a false identity?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: Subhas had to put on a false identity to hide himself from the British police who were keeping a constant watch on him.
Lesson 4: The Great Escape
(Unit 3: Page 36 – 39)
đ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (Text & Translation)
Text: Subhas and Sisir hugged the inner wall of the long house-corridor and tiptoed down the back stairs to the car. Subhas sat in the back, Sisir drove the car. He started the engine and drove out from 38/2 Elgin Road as he had done on so many past occasions. At Subhas’s Elgin Road residence, the light glowed in his bedroom to give the impression that he was still there. As Calcutta slept, uncle and nephew crossed Howrah Bridge and went beyond the city’s precincts. Subhas poured Sisir coffee from a thermos. They shared a few anxious moments together when the car engine faltered once. It started again and Sisir dashed at high speed through the dark night.
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Text: At around 8.30 am, they arrived at Bararee, near Dhanbad. They put up at the house of Sisir’s brother, Ashok. Subhas kept his disguise on as Muhammad Ziauddin, and said he had come on insurance business, and was given a room to rest during the day. They met and talked in the evening and had an early dinner. Muhammad Ziauddin left alone for Gomoh station which was some distance away. He wanted to catch the Delhi-Kalka Mail from there. A little further from the house, Sisir picked him up in his Wanderer and drove towards the railway station. They reached Gomoh station in the moonlit night. A sleepy porter collected their luggage.
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Text: “I am off-you go back”, Subhas said as parting words. Sisir watched him mount the railway overbridge and walk across it with his usual majestic gait. He disappeared into the darkness towards the platform on the opposite side. The Delhi-Kalka Mail released steam. Sisir heard the rhythmic clutter of the wheels and saw the train lights moving away.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ (Word Nest) [Page 37]
| Word | Meaning (Bengali) |
|---|---|
| tiptoed | walked without making any sound (āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻāϞāϞ) |
| precincts | boundary (āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž) |
| thermos | flask (āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāϏā§āĻ) |
| gait | manner of walking (āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ) |
| clutter | continuous noise (āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻŽāĻžāϞ/āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ) |
Let’s do (Textual Activities: 6 – 10)
Activity 6 [Page 37]
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
Activity 7 [Page 38]
Answer the following questions:
(a) In which direction did Sisir drive after leaving Elgin Road?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: After leaving Elgin Road, Sisir drove towards Howrah Bridge to go beyond the city’s precincts.
(b) Who was Ashok? How did he help in Subhas’s escape?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: Ashok was Sisir’s brother. He helped in Subhas’s escape by providing shelter at his house in Bararee and giving him a room to rest during the day.
(c) Describe Sisir’s last sight of Subhas.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: Sisir saw Subhas mounting the railway overbridge and walking across it with his usual majestic gait, before disappearing into the darkness towards the opposite platform.
(d) Why did Sisir pick Subhas up in his car a little further from Ashok’s house?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: Sisir picked Subhas up a little further from Ashok’s house to keep the plan secret, so that no one would suspect that Muhammad Ziauddin was actually Subhas leaving in a car.
Activity 8 (a) [Page 38]
In the following sentences, underline the words that act like verbs and take objects:
(i) He likes to play badminton.
(ii) His habit is to read the newspaper daily.
(iii) Her greatest pleasure is to dance.
Note: The expressions that you have underlined are called Infinitives.
Activity 8 (b) [Page 38]
Underline the Infinitives in the following sentences:
(i) Raja is not afraid to speak the truth.
(ii) The teacher was extremely sorry to hear it.
(iii) The guava is fit to eat.
(iv) To find fault is easy.
Activity 9 [Page 39]
Add suitable prefix or suffix to the given words in brackets and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences meaningfully:
(a) The children were full of __________ (excite) as they went for a picnic.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: excitement
(b) We should not __________ (courage) anyone.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: discourage
(c) It was a __________ (comfort) journey, as I got a place to sit.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: comfortable
(d) India became an __________ (dependent) nation in 1947.
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§
Ans: independent
Activity 10(a) [Page 39]
Suppose you have read an interesting adventure story recently. Write a letter in about eighty words to your aunt describing the story and telling her why you liked it.
My dear Aunt,
I hope you are well. Recently I read an adventure story named ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe. It is about a man who gets shipwrecked and lives alone on a deserted island for many years. He builds his own house, grows crops, and even fights with cannibals. I liked the story very much because of Crusoe’s courage and never-give-up attitude. It taught me how to survive in difficult situations. I suggest you read it too.
With love,
[Your Name]
Activity 10(b)
Write a summary of the following passage:
[Passage about Mahatma Gandhi’s honesty in childhood]
Summary: Gandhi’s Honesty
Mahatma Gandhi was honest from his childhood. Once, during a school inspection, an Inspector asked students to write some English spellings. Gandhi misspelled one word. His class teacher noticed it and signaled him to copy the correct spelling from another student. But Gandhi refused to cheat. Later, the teacher scolded him for not following the instruction. Gandhi bravely replied that copying was a dishonest act, and that is why he did not do it.