The caste system is an example of (diversity/ inequality).
Important Questions on Understanding Diversity
Read the passage and answer the following question.
Samir was riding a bicycle in the busy crossing of Janpat, where he met a newspaper boy who was screaming the headlines in a mixture of Hindi and English. Samir stopped and bought newspapers for the following days from that boy. He asked for that boy's name and to his surprise, it was also Samir. The boy replied jokingly that he was "Samir do", and the bicycle person was "Samir Ek". The next day, when Samir Ek went to Janpat crossing, Samir Do was sad. When asked for a reason he pointed out the headlines which said "communal riots in meerut". Samir Do's family members are all from Meerut, and he was also a Muslim. Samir Do cannot be found at the crossing from the next day or the day after that, and ever after.
(i) Name three ways in which Samir Ek and Samir Do were different?
(ii) Did these differences prevent them from becoming friends?
Do a comaparative study of the historical and geographical factors that influence the diversity found in Rajasthan and Assam. Are these historical and geographical factors connected to each other? How?
Make a list of the festivals that might have been celebrated by those two boys in the story 'Making Friends' given in chapter-1 of class-VI NCERT book.
(I) Samir Ek, practices the Hindu religion.
(II) Samir Do, practices the Muslim religion.
Answer the following questions:
Samir was riding a bicycle in the busy crossing of Janpat, where he met a newspaper boy who was screaming the headlines in a mixture of Hindi and English. Samir stopped and bought newspapers from that boy following that day. He asked for that boy's name and to his surprise, it was also Samir. The boy replied jokingly that he was "Samir do", and Samir was "Samir Ek". Samir Do had never been to school and was in awe of Sameer Ek's ability to speak both English and Hindi. The next day, when Samir Ek went to Janpat crossing and was perplexed to see Samir Do sad. When asked for a reason he pointed out the headlines which said "communal riots in Meerut". Samir Do's family members are all from Meerut, and he was also a Muslim. Samir Do cannot be found at the crossing from the next day or the day after that, or ever after.
(i) Why do you think Samir Do did not attend school?
(ii) Do you think it would have been easy for him to attend school if he wanted to?
(iii) In your opinion is it a fair situation that some children get to go to school and others don’t?
