Strong Roots Long Questions and Answers
1.“Why don’t you say this to the people who come to You” – Who says this and to whom ? what is reffered to by the word this ? Why do People come to the person spoken to ? H.S-2015
Ans: Dr. A.P.J Abdul kalam asked this question to his father Jainulabdeen.
Here ‘this’ refers to Jainulabdeen’s spiritual concept of man’s existence on earth. According to him, this word is nothing but a manifestation of God. Every human being is a specific element within the whole of the manitest divine being. So we should not be afraid of difficulties, sufferings as something natural and try to understand the relevance of our sufferings. We should remember that adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
People come to Dr. Kalam’s father Jainulabdeen for help and advice when they were in trouble.
2. What is the relevance of ‘Prayer’ According to Kalam’s father?
Ans: Kalam’s father was a very simple religious Person. He had no formal education but he had a great innate wisom. He could covey the complex spiritual matters in down to earth in tamil. He understood the meaning of true religion and also the relevance of prayer. He thought prayer is nothing mysterious. It is actually a part of our life that has social value that makes us to think that every person of this world is equal and infact prayer makes a possible a communion of the spirit between peole. He says that when any body prays, He becomes a part of the cosmos where there is no division of wealth ,age, cast or creed.
3. I asked my father about the relevance of Prayer who is “I” here ? who was the speker’s father ? what did the speaker’s father say about the relevance of prayer ?
Ans: A.P.J Abdul kalam is “I’ here.
Jainulabdden was the speaker’s father.
The speaker’s father said about the relevance of Prayer that there was nothing mysterious about prayer. Rather prayer made possible a communion of the spirit between people. When any person prayed than they transcend their body and become a part of the cosmos, which knows no division of wealth, age, caste, or cr eed.”
4. One of the vivid memories of my early childhood of the two men” Who is the Speaker here ? Who are the two man reffered here ? what is the vivid memory ?
Ans : A.P.J Abdul kalam is the speaker here.
Kalam’s father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry are the two men referred here.
The great Scien tist A.P.J Abdul kalam has deseribed his childhood memories in the extract ‘strong Roots’ here he has said one of his vivid memories which is about his father jainulabdden and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry . The religious persons discussed about spiritual matters. It proves that they were so close friend and non communal.