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Summary / Overview (āĻŽূāϞ āĻাā§ą)
This lesson narrates the experience of a ten-year-old girl named Ruhi, who visits the famous Living Root Bridge in Mawlynnong, Meghalaya, with her family. Away from the noise of the city, she is mesmerized by the peaceful environment and the unique beauty of the bridge. While resting and writing in her diary, she meets some Spanish tourists and reflects on how people from all over the world come to see this man-made natural wonder.
She notes that these root bridges, some around 500 years old, were built by the local people using the roots of rubber trees. Because bamboo bridges were often swept away by the heavy rainfall and strong river currents in Meghalaya, the living root bridges provided a robust and permanent solution. The lesson beautifully captures the harmony between humans and nature.
Line-by-Line Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
Ruhi kept on looking at the wonderful root bridge;
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāϞ;
She was awestruck by the beauty of the bridge.
āϤাāĻ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝāϤ āĻāĻļ্āĻā§°্āϝাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
She said to herself, "How talented the people are, those who built this bridge!"
āϤাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āĻ'āϞে, "āϝিāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻে, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻাāĻļাāϞী!"
Really, the root bridge was one of a kind.
āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে, āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ āĻāĻ āĻ āύāύ্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ।
She had never seen anything like that before.
āϤাāĻ āĻāĻāϤে āĻāύেāĻুā§ąা āĻāĻো āĻĻেāĻা āύাāĻিāϞ।
Her ten-year-old mind was totally captivated by the amazing view of the bridge.
āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻāĻš āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻŽāύāĻো āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻŽোāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
After savouring the beauty of it for some time, she went near the bridge.
āĻিāĻু āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻāϝ়াā§° āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āϤাāĻ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻ'āϞ।
She started walking slowly on the bridge.
āϤাāĻ āϞাāĻšে āϞাāĻšে āĻĻāϞāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে।
Ruhi felt an aura of mystery around her and the gradually thickening fog was adding to it.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻ ā§°āĻšāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻা āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻ্ā§°āĻŽাāύ্āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻĄাāĻ āĻšৈ āĻ āĻšা āĻুঁā§ąāϞীāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāĻĸ়াāĻ āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ।
Ruhi felt as if she was in another world.
ā§°ুāĻšিā§° āĻāύেāĻুā§ąা āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ āϝেāύ āϤাāĻ āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻāĻে।
Silence everywhere!
āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা!
No sound of horns, nor the noise of the industries, nor the hue and cry made by human beings- nothing.
āĻšā§°্āĻŖā§° āĻোāύো āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āύাāĻ, āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻā§° āĻোāύো āĻোāϞাāĻšāϞ āύাāĻ, āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻā§°া āĻিāĻā§°-āĻŦাāĻā§°ো āύাāĻ- āĻāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύাāĻ।
Just peace and tranquility!
āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻā§°ু āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা!
Ruhi sat down on a mossy rock.
ā§°ুāĻšি āĻļেāϞাāĻ āϧ⧰া āĻļিāϞ āĻāĻাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšিāϞ।
She looked at her parents and her younger brother.
āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়েāĻā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāϞে।
They were playing by splashing the water from the stream running under the root bridge.
āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞāĻā§° āϤāϞেā§°ে āĻŦৈ āϝোā§ąা āĻুā§°িāĻোā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻāĻিāϝ়াāĻ āĻেāϞি āĻāĻিāϞ।
She touched the moss on the rock gently.
āϤাāĻ āϞাāĻšেāĻৈ āĻļিāϞāĻোā§° āĻļেāϞাāĻāĻিāύি āĻুāĻ āĻাāϞে।
So soft, so pure!
āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻোāĻŽāϞ, āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ!
Slowly she took out her diary from her backpack and started writing, "Far away from the madding crowd, there lies a wonderful place in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.
āϞাāĻšে āϞাāĻšে āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦেāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĄাāϝ়েā§°ীāĻāύ āĻāϞিāϝ়াāϞে āĻā§°ু āϞিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে, "āĻāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻāύāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāĻĻূā§°āϤ, āĻŽেāĻাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻাāĻী āĻĒাāĻšাā§°āϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻ াāĻ āĻāĻে।
The scenic beauty of this place cannot be described in words; one can only experience it with one's own eyes."
āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ āĻাāώাā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি; āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻেā§ąāϞ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻুā§°েāĻšে āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।"
A group of tourists passed by her.
āĻāĻĻāϞ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāώেā§°ে āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻ'āϞ।
One young, pretty girl with golden hair looked at her.
āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻুāϞিā§° āĻāĻāύী āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻাāĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąাāϞীāϝ়ে āϤাāĻāϞৈ āĻাāϞে।
With a bright smile, she said to Ruhi, "Hola!"
āĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻšাঁāĻšিā§°ে āϤাāĻ ā§°ুāĻšিāĻ āĻ'āϞে, "āĻšāϞা!"
Ruhi smiled back and said, "Hola! Enjoying this place?"
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়েāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻ'āϞে, "āĻšāϞা! āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে āύেāĻি?"
The girl said, "Yes, very much. What are you writing?"
āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāϝ়ে āĻ'āϞে, "āĻ ঁ, āĻŦāĻšুāϤ। āϤুāĻŽি āĻি āϞিāĻি āĻāĻা?"
Ruhi replied that she was writing about the place and her feelings.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϞে āϝে āϤাāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻ āύুāĻā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϞিāĻি āĻāĻে।
The girl nodded and moved on bidding goodbye to Ruhi.
āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāϝ়ে āĻŽূā§° āĻĻুāĻĒিāϝ়াāϞে āĻā§°ু ā§°ুāĻšিāĻ āĻŦিāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāύাāĻ āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻ'āϞ।
Ruhi again started writing, "Just met a group of Spanish tourists.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āĻāĻৌ āϞিāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে, "āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻĻāϞ āϏ্āĻĒেāύিāĻ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻāĻ āϞāĻ āĻĒাāϞোঁ।
It's amazing how people come to visit this beautiful place from such far away places!
āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻāĻĨা āϝে āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻĻূā§°-āĻĻূā§°āĻŖিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻāĻ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻšে!
Anyway, let me get back to the beauty of this place.
āϝিāϝ়েāĻ āύāĻšāĻāĻ, āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ⧰ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻĨাāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšোঁ।
This root bridge is really very beautiful.
āĻāĻ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āϧুāύীāϝ়া।
I read a few articles about this place and root bridges before coming here.
āĻāϝ়াāϞৈ āĻ āĻšাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°ু āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞāĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻেāĻāĻাāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻিāϞো।
There are several living root bridges across Meghalaya.
āϏāĻŽāĻ্ā§° āĻŽেāĻাāϞāϝ়āϤে āĻেāĻāĻŦাāĻāύো āĻীā§ąāύ্āϤ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞং āĻāĻে।
An interesting fact is that these bridges are man-made.
āĻāĻা āĻāĻŽোāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻš'āϞ āĻāĻ āĻĻāϞংāĻŦোā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āϏāĻা।
It is believed that these root bridges are around 500 years old.
āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻŦোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় ā§Ģā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি।
Some are even considered older than that.
āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύāĻ āϤাāϤāĻৈāϝ়ো āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
As Meghalaya receives heavy rainfall, the bamboo bridges were not good enough for the local people to cross the gushing rivers.
āϝিāĻšেāϤু āĻŽেāĻাāϞāϝ়āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻুā§° āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻšāϝ়, āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻŦেāĻেā§°ে āĻŦৈ āϝোā§ąা āύāĻĻীāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻĒাā§° āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাঁāĻšā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻŦোā§° āĻĒā§°্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ āύাāĻিāϞ।
Often, they were swept away by the heavy current of the rivers.
āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে, āύāĻĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āϏোঁāϤāϤ āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
The local people found a robust solution to this problem- root bridges.
āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāĻোā§° āĻāĻা āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāϞে- āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞং।
Generation after generation the local people have been building these root bridges, and now these have become attractions for tourists from different parts of the world."
āĻĒুā§°ুāώাāύুāĻ্ā§°āĻŽে āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻŦোā§° āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻে, āĻā§°ু āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖā§° āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°āĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻে।"
Ruhi looked at the bridge again.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻĻāϞংāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāϞে।
She saw that the design of the bridge was very unique.
āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āϝে āĻĻāϞংāĻāύ⧰ āĻā§°্āĻšি āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻ āύāύ্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ।
She wrote in her diary, "The roots of the rubber tree are directed to grow in a particular direction, from one end of a river to the other.
āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĄাāϝ়েā§°ীāϤ āϞিāĻিāĻিāϞ, "ā§°āĻŦā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻļিāĻĒাāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻāĻা āύিā§°্āĻĻিāώ্āĻ āĻĻিāĻļāϤ, āύāĻĻীā§° āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāύāĻো āĻĒাā§°āϞৈ āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āύিā§°্āĻĻেāĻļিāϤ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
Once the roots reach the other end, they are allowed to entrench themselves in the soil and create a natural hold of their own.
āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻļিāĻĒাāĻŦোā§° āĻāύāĻো āĻĒাā§° āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻŽাāĻিāϤ āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻাā§ąে āϞাāĻি āϧ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻাāĻŽুāĻ āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।
Stones, pebbles, etc. are inserted in between to make the structure of the bridge strong."
āĻĻāϞāĻā§° āĻāĻ āύ āĻŽāĻāĻŦুāϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻļিāϞ, āĻļিāϞāĻুāĻি āĻāĻĻি āϏুāĻŽুā§ąাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।"
Ruhi closed her diary and put it back into her backpack.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĄাāϝ়েā§°ীāĻāύ āĻāĻĒাāĻ āĻāĻৌ āĻŦেāĻāĻোāϤ āĻā§°াāĻ āĻĨ'āϞে।
Right at that moment, her father called her by her nickname, "Ru, come here. Play with us. How long are you going to keep writing!"
āĻ িāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāϤে, āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āĻŽাāϤিāϞে, "ā§°ু, āĻāϝ়াāϞৈ āĻāĻšা। āĻāĻŽাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻেāϞা। āϤুāĻŽি āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒā§° āϞিāĻি āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦা!"
"I am done, deuta." she replied and moved swiftly to her parents.
"āĻŽোā§° āϞিāĻা āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻে, āĻĻেāĻāϤা।" āϤাāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻā§°āĻāĻীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻ'āϞ।
Her brother splashed some water on her.
āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϝ়েāĻে āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϞৈ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āĻĒাāύী āĻāĻিāϝ়াāϞে।
She giggled and started splashing water back on her brother and her parents.
āϤাāĻ āĻিāĻāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়েāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϞৈ āĻĒাāύী āĻāĻিāϝ়াāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে।
It was time to return home.
āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
As they were climbing up the stairs that led to the parking place, she stopped near a signboard and started reading it, "Living Root Bridge, Mawlynnong, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya."
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĒাā§°্āĻিং āϏ্āĻĨাāύāϞৈ āϝোā§ąা āĻিā§°িāĻŦোā§°েā§°ে āĻāĻ ি āĻৈ āĻāĻিāϞ, āϤাāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻāύāĻŦā§°্āĻĄā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ ā§°ৈ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে, "āϞিāĻিং ā§°ুāĻ āĻŦ্ā§°ীāĻ, āĻŽাāĻāϞিāύāύāĻ, āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻাāĻী āĻĒাāĻšাā§° āĻিāϞা, āĻŽেāĻাāϞāϝ়।"
She was just about to resume her walk when a frog jumped on her feet.
āϤাāĻ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϞāĻঁāϤেāĻ āĻāĻা āĻেāĻুāϞী āĻāĻšি āϤাāĻā§° āĻā§°িāϤ āĻāĻĒিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।
Startled, she shouted.
āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻাāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻāĻ িāϞ।
Her brother and her parents looked back worriedly.
āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϝ়েāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒিāĻāϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻাāϞে।
When they realized it was just a frog they started laughing loudly.
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āĻ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻা āĻেāĻুāϞী, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĄাāĻā§°āĻৈ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে।
Ruhi also joined in.
ā§°ুāĻšিāϝ়েāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϝোāĻ āĻĻিāϞে।
The sound of their laughter echoed breaking the silence of the forest.
āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšিā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা āĻাāĻি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϧ্āĻŦāύিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
A gust of cold wind blew past them.
āĻāĻাāĻ āĻেঁāĻা āĻŦāϤাāĻš āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻ'āϞ।
Ruhi felt as if someone was whispering in her ear "Shh!"
ā§°ুāĻšিā§° āĻāύেāĻুā§ąা āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ āϝেāύ āĻোāύোāĻŦাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāĻŖāϤ āĻĢুāĻāĻĢুāĻাāĻ āĻৈāĻে "āĻāĻšāĻš!"
She looked back at the living root bridge; it was standing still, beautiful, and proud.
āϤাāĻ āĻূā§°ি āĻীā§ąāύ্āϤ āĻļিāĻĒাā§° āĻĻāϞংāĻāύāϞৈ āĻাāϞে; āĻ āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāĻাā§ąে, āϧুāύীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻā§°ু āĻৌā§°ā§ąেā§°ে āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ।
Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻোāĻা)
awestruck = very impressed and mesmerized. She was amazed by something. (āĻāĻļ্āĻā§°্āϝাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ āĻŦা āĻ āĻিāĻূāϤ āĻšোā§ąা)
savouring = enjoying to the full (āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°া)
aura = the distinctive atmosphere that seems to be generated by a person, thing, or place (āĻāĻা āĻŦা āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļ)
tranquility = a peaceful, calm state (āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻŦা āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা)
madding = acting madly (āĻāύ্āĻŽাāĻĻ āĻŦা āĻŦāϞিāϝ়াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া)
hola = Spanish word for 'hello' (āϏ্āĻĒেāύিāĻ āĻাāώাāϤ 'āύāĻŽāϏ্āĻাā§°')
gushing = flowing out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻŦেāĻেā§°ে āĻŦৈ āϝোā§ąা)
swept away = to destroy completely (āĻāĻুā§ąাāĻ āύিāϝ়া āĻŦা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°া)
robust = strong (āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻŦা āĻŽāĻāĻŦুāϤ)
entrench = establish so firmly that changed is very difficult or unlikely (āĻĻৃāĻĸ়āĻাā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻā§°া)
swiftly = quickly (āĻā§°āĻāĻীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻŦা āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻাā§ąে)
giggled = laughed lightly and repeatedly in a silly way (āĻিāĻāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻšঁāĻšা)
startled = feeling or showing sudden shock or alarm (āĻāĻāĻĒ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻ া āĻŦা āϏāĻāĻিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা)
Textbook Questions & Answers
a) Ruhi met a group of Spanish tourists. — True
b) Mawlynnong is in Meghalaya. — True
c) Ruhi did not like the place she visited. — False
d) Ruhi played football with her brother near the root bridge. — False
e) A frog jumped on Ruhi's feet. — True
f) The root bridges are around 500 years old. — True
Grammar and Usage: Preposition
a) Do not boast of your wealth.
b) There is a pen stand on the table.
c) He often suffers from illness.
d) I went to my village during the summer vacation.
e) Shoes are made of leather.
f) The student was sure of success.
g) The title of the book is How Green was my Valley. (Note: Here 'my' is a determiner/pronoun, if preposition is required based on context, check textbook options)
h) Always beware of false friends.
i) A greedy man hankers after money.
j) He will come here before sunset.
Note: The prepositions are underlined as answers below.
a) She is allergic to cats.
b) The book is on the shelf.
c) We walked across the bridge.
d) The ball rolled over the street.
e) The cat jumped onto the table.
f) I have known her for three years.
g) The school is near the park.
h) The sun sets on the horizon.
i) He lives in a small town.
j) The plane flew above the clouds.
Writing Activity: Paragraph Writing
FAQs on "A Day at the Living Root Bridge"
Q. Where is the Living Root Bridge located?
Ans: The living root bridge mentioned in the lesson is located in Mawlynnong, which is situated in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
Q. Why did the local people build the living root bridges?
Ans: Since Meghalaya receives heavy rainfall, traditional bamboo bridges were frequently swept away by strong, gushing river currents. To find a robust and permanent solution, the locals built the root bridges.
Q. How old are the living root bridges believed to be?
Ans: It is believed that these man-made root bridges are around 500 years old, and some are considered to be even older.
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