THE MEDAL
1. What did Suren find in Sudhir's hands? Describe in detail.
A:- Suren is the narrator of the story. He is a school teacher in a village. He narrates an incident which took place four years before. One day, as usual, he was teaching the class four students. Suddenly there was some disturbance in the class. He noticed that two students, Kamakhya and Sudhir, were fighting. Kamakhya was trying to snatch something from Sudhir's hands. Suren took the object. He was surprised to see that it was big, old medal. Something had been carved intricately on both sides of the medal. On one side there was a picture of Queen Victoria in her youth. On the other side were the words 'Sergent S.B. Parkins, Sixth Dragon Guards, 1854'. Sudhir revealed that an Englishman had given the medal to his grandfather.
2. Write in a paragraph Suren's experiences on his way to the village and at Vrindavan's house?
A:- Suren goes to his village for the weekend. He takes the medal with him. He sets out to meet his friend, Vrindavan, whose house is across the river. While standing on the bridge he notices that the river is in spate. He suddenly gets an irresistible urge to jump into the water. He knows well that he will drown if he jump into the water. He knows well that he will drown if he jumps. Somehow he controls himself.
At Vrindavan's house Suren feels a strange restlenessness. He goes to the terrace and gets an overpowering urge to jump down. Luckily Vrindavan comes at that movement. A little while later Suren is left alone for a while. Once more he feels a pull towards the terrace. This time the urge to jump is uncontrollable. He is about to jump when Vrindavan again pull him back in the nick of time. Suren is shocked and puzzled by his own behaviour. He shows the medal to Vrindavan and leaves.
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