No Men are Foreign (For ASSEB/SEBA Class 9 , Text Book- Beehive)

Word Meaning

English Word / PhraseAssamese Meaning
Foreignবিদেশী / বিদেশৰ
Strangeঅচিনাকি / অদ্ভুত
Uniformsএকে পোছাক / একে সাজ-পোছাক
Beneathতলত / তলত থকা
Breathesউশাহ লয়
Brothersভাতৃসকল / ভাইসকল
Shall lieশুই থাকিব / সমাধিস্থ হ’ব
Awareসচেতন / অৱগত
Harvestsশস্য চপোৱা / ফচল
War’s long winterযুদ্ধৰ দীঘলীয়া দুখ-কষ্টৰ সময়
Starvedঅনাহাৰে থকা / ভোকত থকা
Linesৰেখা / বলিৰেখা
Labourশ্ৰম / পৰিশ্ৰম
Wakeসাৰ পোৱা
Sleepশোৱা / নিদ্ৰা যোৱা
Commonসাধাৰণ / উমৈহতীয়া
Recogniseচিনাক্ত কৰা / চিনি পোৱা
Understandবুজি পোৱা
Hateঘৃণা কৰা
Dispossessঅধিকাৰৰ পৰা বঞ্চিত কৰা
Betrayবিশ্বাসঘাতকতা কৰা
Condemnনিন্দা কৰা / দোষী সাব্যস্ত কৰা
Take armsঅস্ত্ৰ ধাৰণ কৰা / যুদ্ধ কৰিবলৈ অস্ত্ৰ লোৱা
Each otherইজনে-সিজনক
Defileঅপবিত্ৰ কৰা / কলুষিত কৰা
Hellsনৰকসমূহ
dustধূলি
Outrageঅপমান কৰা / অত্যাচাৰ কৰা
Innocenceনিৰ্দোষিতা / নিষ্কলংকতা
Airবায়ু
Earthপৃথিৱী / মাটি
Armsঅস্ত্ৰ
No men are foreignকোনো মানুহেই বিদেশী নহয়
No countries strangeকোনো দেশেই অচিনাকি নহয়

Thinking About the Poem

1. (i) “Beneath all uniforms …” What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about?

Ans:-The poet is speaking about the different uniforms worn by soldiers of different countries. Though their uniforms are different, all soldiers are human beings like us.

1. (ii) How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?

Ans:-The poet says that all people are the same because:

  1. We all breathe the same air.
  2. We all live on the same earth.
  3. We all need sun, air and water.
  4. We all work and suffer in similar ways.
  5. We all have eyes, hands and hearts.
  6. We all experience love, sleep and life.

Thus, there is no real difference between people of different countries.

2. In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.

Ans:- The five ways we are alike from stanza 1 are:

  1. Single body breathes (We all breathe the same way)
  2. Walk upon (We all walk on the same earth)
  3. Earth like this (We live on the same planet)
  4. Shall lie (We will all be buried in the same earth after death)
  5. No men are strange / No countries foreign (We are all human beings)

3. How many common features can you find in stanza 2? Pick out the words.

Ans:- There are 5 common features in stanza 2:

  1. Sun (We all enjoy the same sunlight)
  2. Air (We all breathe the same air)
  3. Water (We all need the same water)
  4. Fed by peaceful harvests (We are all nourished by crops during peace)
  5. Their hands are ours / labour (We all work hard with our hands to earn a living)

4. “Whenever we are told / To hate our brothers…” When do you think this happens ? Why ? Who tells us ?  Should we do as we are told at such times ? What does the poet say?

Ans:- This happens during wars and conflicts, when people are encouraged to hate or fight people of another country.

We may be told to hate others by leaders, politicians, governments or people who want to create conflict.

No, we should not blindly follow such instructions. The poet reminds us that people of other countries are also our brothers. They have the same needs, feelings and human qualities as we do.

The poet says that hating or fighting others means harming ourselves, because all human beings are part of the same human family.

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