TELEVISION: ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS

 TELEVISION: ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS 

Television is one of the many wonders of modern science and technology. It was invented in England by the Scottish scientist J.N. Baird in 1928 and the British Broadcasting Corporation was the first to broadcast television images in 1929. Previously the radio helped us hear things from far and near, spread information and knowiedge from one corner of the globe to another. But all this was done through sound only. But television combined visual images with sound. Today we can watch games, shows and song and dance programmes from all corners of the world, while sitting at our own homes. TV can be used for educating the masses, for bringing to us latest pieces of information audio-visually(শ্রবণ এবং দর্শনের মাধ্যমে-একই সঙ্গে) and can provide us all kinds of entertainment even in colour. But as in all things, too much of televiewing(টিভি দেখা) may prove harmful. In many cases the habit of watching TV has an adverse effect(বিরূপ প্রতিক্রিয়া) on the study habits of the young. When we read books, we have to use our intelligence and imagination. But in most cases TV watching is a passive(নিষ্ক্রিয়) thing. It may dull(তীক্ষ্ণতা নষ্ট করে) our imagination and intelligence.

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Paragraph: A Village Fair

 A Village Fair

A fair is held every year at Krishnanagar on account of Rasjatra. I visited the fair this year. When I reached there, I saw a sea of human heads moving to and fro on the fair-ground. There were hundreds of stalls for selling various articles, such as toys, dolls, balloons, ribbons, wooden utensils, earthen pots, house-hold goods, baskets etc. There were a large number of sweet-meat stalls and they tempted the buyers, especially the children more than any other thing. The chief objects of attraction were two circus parties. They beat their drums every now and then to attract the spectators. The people who came to visit the fair came from all ranks of society and were all clad in their gala dress The life of the villagers is usually dull and monotonous. Once a year the faim breaks the monotony and adds joy to their life. It creates a ripple of joy all around. It is also a meeting ground for the old and the young, the rich and the poor.

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Story Writing: A Clever Judge

  Develop the following outline into a short story in about 150 to 200 words. Add a title to the story.

Outline:  A man lost his purse---complained to a judge---judge gave each servant of the man a stick----asked them to appear before him next day with their sticks----he said that the thief's stick would be longer by an inch-the thief was detected and sent to jail.

             A Clever Judge

       One day a rich man lost his purse. He thought that the purse had been stolen by someone of his servants, but he could not detect the actual thief. Then he made a complaint before a judge. The judge summoned all the servants but all of them denied the charge. The judge then hit upon a plan to detect the thief. He gave all of them sticks of equal length and asked them to submit the sticks on the following day. He also told that the stick of the theif will increase an inch by the magic touch of his judgment-stick at that time. All the servants went home and kept their sticks as it was. But the servant who stole the purse reduced the length of his stick by an inch. Next day when all the servants submitted their sticks to the judge, one stick was found shorter by an inch and the thief was easily detected and sent to jail thereby. 

Moral : One can not hide one's misdeed by tricks.

বঙ্গানুবাদ:

         একজন চালাক বিচারক

        একদিন একজন ধনী লোক তাঁর পার্স হারিয়ে ফেলল।  তিনি ভেবেছিলেন যে পার্সটি তার কোনও চাকর চুরি করেছে, তবে তিনি প্রকৃত চোরটি সনাক্ত করতে পারেননি।  তারপরে তিনি বিচারকের কাছে অভিযোগ করেছিলেন।  বিচারক সকল চাকরকে ডাকলেন  কিন্তু সকলেই এই অভিযোগ অস্বীকার করলেন।  বিচারক তারপরে চোরকে সনাক্ত করার একটি পরিকল্পনা করেন।  তিনি তাদের সকলকে সমান দৈর্ঘ্যের লাঠি দিয়েছিলেন এবং পরের দিন তাদের লাঠিগুলি জমা দিতে বলেছিলেন।  তিনি আরও বলেছিলেন যে তাঁর বিচারক-লাঠির যাদুর ছোঁয়ায় চোরের লাঠিটি এক ইঞ্চি বৃদ্ধি পাবে।  সকল চাকর বাড়িতে গেল এবং তাদের লাঠিগুলি যেমন ছিল তেমন রাখল।  কিন্তু যে চাকরটি পার্স চুরি করেছিল সে তার লাঠিটির দৈর্ঘ্য এক ইঞ্চি কমিয়ে দিয়েছিল।  পরের দিন যখন সকল চাকর তাদের লাঠিটিগুলো বিচারকের কাছে জমা দেয়, তখন একটি লাঠি একটি ইঞ্চি ছোট অবস্থায় পাওয়া যায় এবং চোরটিকে সহজেই সনাক্ত করা যায় এবং এর মাধ্যমে জেল হাজতে প্রেরণ করা হয়।

 নীতিকথা: কৌশল দ্বারা কেউ নিজের অপকর্ম লুকিয়ে রাখতে পারে না।

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Story:Two Friends and a Bear

 

 Develop the following outline into a short story in about  150 to 200 words. Give your story a suitable title.

Outline:Two friends travelling together met a bear--one jumped up a tree--- another lay down like a dead man---the bear smelt his nose and ear and took him to be a dead man---then left the  place. 

TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR 

Once two friends were passing through a forest. The forest was full of ferocious animals and the two friends were very much frightened. But they promised to stand by each other in danger. Suddenly they saw a bear coming towards them. One of them knew how to climb a tree. He at once climbed a tree and hid himself. The other man, finding no other alternative fell flat on the ground and held his breath, pretending to be dead. The bear came up to him and smelt his nose and ears and face, took him to be a dead man and left the place. When the bear was gone, the man on the tree came down and said, "Thank God that you are saved. But friend, I saw the bear put its mouth very close to your ear. Did it say anything to you?" The friend replied, "Yes, the bear told me not to trust a friend who left me in my danger to seck his own safety." 

Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed. 

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Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the problem of drug addiction.

  Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the problem of drug addiction. 

Ans.

To 

The Editor, 

The Statesman, 

Calcutta - 700 001. 

                              Sub: Problem of durg addiction. 

Sir, 

     I shall be highly obliged if you kindly publish the following matter in your daily newspaper in the interest of common people.

     Drug addiction has now become a major problem of our social life. Many young men and women are falling victims of this dreadful curse. Heroin, Brown sugar, L. S. D and other narcotics are smuggled into the country by the dishonest traders. These traders operate underground and the young ones take these drugs for temporary pleasure. These drugs are nothing but death traps. Initially the drugs stimulate the addicts but slowly they lead the addicts to death. As a result the rosy possibilities of our young men and women are nipped in the bud. The right-thinking people should come forward to generate public opinion against this great curse of our social life. We should take the pledge - 'Let us unite for a drug - free world.' 

     Under the above circumstances, I pray and hope that the government should take proper steps to solve the problem as soon as possible.

  

 Yours faithfully, 

Pappu Das

বাংলা অনুবাদ:

 মাদকাসক্তের সমস্যা সম্পর্কে একটি পত্রিকার সম্পাদককে একটি চিঠি লেখ।

উঃ

 প্রতি

 সম্পাদক,

 দ্য স্টেটসম্যান,

 কলকাতা - 700 001।

 বিষয়: মাদকাসক্তির সমস্যা।

 মহাশয়,

সাধারণ মানুষের স্বার্থে যদি আপনি দয়া করে নিম্নলিখিত বিষয়টি আপনার প্রতিদিনের পত্রিকায় প্রকাশ করেন তবে আমি অত্যন্ত কৃতজ্ঞ হব।

    

 মাদকাসক্তি এখন আমাদের সামাজিক জীবনের একটি বড় সমস্যা হয়ে দাঁড়িয়েছে।  বহু যুবক এবং মহিলা এই ভয়ঙ্কর অভিশাপের শিকার হচ্ছেন। অসাধু ব্যবসায়ীরা  হেরোইন, ব্রাউন সুগার, এল. এস. ডি এবং অন্যান্য মাদকদ্রব্য দেশে পাচার করে।  এই ব্যবসায়ীরা ভূগর্ভস্থ পরিচালনা করে এবং অল্প বয়স্করা সাময়িক আনন্দের জন্য এই ড্রাগগুলি গ্রহণ করে।  এই ড্রাগগুলি মৃত্যুর ফাঁদ ছাড়া আর কিছুই নয়।  প্রাথমিকভাবে ড্রাগগুলি আসক্তদের উত্তেজিত করে তবে ধীরে ধীরে ড্রাগগুলি আসক্তদের মৃত্যুর দিকে নিয়ে যায়।  ফলস্বরূপ আমাদের যুবক এবং পুরুষদের উজ্জ্বল সম্ভাবনাগুলি অন্কুরে বিনষ্ট হয়ে যায়। আমাদের সমাজ জীবনের এই মহান অভিশাপের বিরুদ্ধে জনগণের মতামত তৈরি করতে সঠিক-চিন্তাবিদদের এগিয়ে আসা উচিত। আমাদের এই প্রতিশ্রুতি নেওয়া উচিত - 'আসুন আমরা মাদক মুক্ত বিশ্বের জন্য ঐক্যবদ্ধ হই।'

 উপরোক্ত পরিস্থিতিতে আমি প্রার্থনা করি এবং আশা করি যত তাড়াতাড়ি সম্ভব সমস্যা সমাধানের জন্য সরকারের যথাযথ পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া উচিত।

  

  আপনার বিশ্ব্স্ত,

পাপ্পু দাস স্যার

 

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STROY WRITING: MASTERPIECES OF MAESTROS

 Develop the following outline into a short story in about 150 to 200 words. Give your story a suitable title.

 Points: Three artists compete for a prize --- the first paints a bunch of flowers---- bees are drawn to it---- the second paints fruits and an ox tries to eat them --- the third a curtain and the judge goes to lift it --- the third wins the contest. 

                MASTERPIECES OF MAESTROS

Once there lived three artists in a big city. They were skilled artists. They produced masterpieces of art. Their arts are admired all over the world. Once a competition was held and an attractive prize was declared for the winner. A judge was appointed to choose the winner. All the three artists enrolled and competed for a prize. The first artist had painted a bunch of flowers and the second artist painted fruits but the third hand painted a curtain. The flowers were so charming and natural that bees were drawn to them. Fruits were so fresh and natural that an ox tried to eat them. The paintings highly pleased the judge and elicited his praise. Then, turning round, the judge tried to lift the curtain to see the third painting. He thought it was a real curtain hanging before the door. But soon, to his amazement, he discovered that it was a picture and not a curtain. Then the judge thought for a while before passing his final verdict. He said, "The flowers deceived an insect, the fruits a beast, but the curtain deceived a human being. Since a human being is superior to others the third artist is the best."

 Moral: Art lies in cincealing art.

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Story writing: Newton and his dog

  Develop the following outline into a short story in about 50 to 200 words. Give your story a suitable title.                               

Newton, a great scientist - Diamond, a little pet dog - heaps of paper on the table — a lighted candle on the table — Diamond jumped on the table - papers caught fire - Newton patted the dog . 

                    Newton and his dog 

Sir Isaac Newton was a great scientist. He had a little dog named Diamond. One day he went out of his room leaving his little dog asleep before the fire. For twenty years he was hard at work, studying a most difficult subject. On the table lay a heap of papers on which he had put down the findings of his research for twenty years. When his master left the room, little Diamond woke up, jumped on the table and overturned the lighted candle. The papers at once caught fire. Just when the papers had been completely burnt, Newton opened the door of the room. He saw that the fruits of his twenty years' labours had been turned into a heap of ashes. There stood Diamond, the cause of all this mischief. Almost any other man would have killed the dog on the spur of the moment. But Newton patted him on the head with kindness, although his heart was full of grief. Then he patiently set to work again.

 Moral: Patience is the strength of character.

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