'The Misty Hour' by Manoj Das for B.A./B.Com/B.Sc. 1st SEM. students.

Topic- The Misty Hour by Manoj Das

Lesson questions & additionals:

1. Give a brief character portrayal of Aunty Roopwati.

Ans: - Aunty Roopwati was a so beautiful lady who was still blooming till seventy years old. She affected a lot of things by joining the freedom struggle. Her beautiful created a chaos among the young blood of freedom fighters. She had a graduate degree and a well-known family. She also knew well to sing like a shehnai. She informed that a few poems had become immortal because the composers had composed their writings about her. Aunt Roopwati was very smart at all and fluent in speaking. Everyone thought that she was destined to get great heights and there were no any doubt about it. Roopwati had a wrong habit. She always used of extolling herself. This was disliked by many companions/colleagues in politics. For this reason, many inferiors had passed her and got others praising than Roopwati. According to her, all the budding leaders wanted to marry her. But, she rejected everyone except Jagdishji whom she condescended/admired to marry for her life.

2. Chinmoy Babu was looked upon as a man above the propensities of an ordinary mortal. Elucidate

Ans: - Chinmoy Babu was a different character than the other character in the story. He had a promising future as a good artist and a classical singer. He had published a number of books on literary and cultural topics. His writings provided an actual and originality theme. He was talented and intelligent too. He had done many scarifies than the other on regard of the freedom struggle. But, he had few influence in the party at first.

When, people got disillusioned with the loudmouthed leaders.  Then, the party realised the need of resurrect/reproduce by some old freedoms heroes and freedom fighters. At that situation, he became the mayor and great influenced in the party. He was also an uncontested person for the party. He was looked as a man who above the propensities of an ordinary man. He was the only person who was free from any corruption. At that situation, he was the only incorruptible leader and proved to be the only hope for his party and to return back to power. Chimney Babu was sure of his victory, because lots of well-wishers supported him that time.

But, one situation gave him some difficult at that time when Roopwati informed the romantic scene of Chinmoy Babu. When, Roopwati narrated the forty year old incident. At that time, it was dusk and there was a party’s working committee in session going. Suddenly, the lights went off. At that moment, Roopwati informed that Chinmoy Babu was sitting next to her and he crawled his fidgeting fingers into her hands and sat for a full hour like that. Fortunately, that problem was solved by Dhani Chowdhury who handled the matter on claiming himself.

      At last, Chimney Babu’s had path to victory as Chief Minister.

Question:-3: Who is Aunty Roopwati? Describe the relationship with Chinmony Babu?

Or:

Did Chinmoy Babu really cares for Aunty Roopwati? Give a reasoned answer:

Ans:

Aunty Roopwati was a so beautiful lady who was still blooming till seventy years old. She affected a lot of things by joining the freedom struggle. Her beautiful face and body created a chaos among the young blood of freedom fighters. According to her, she had many admires. Among them, one was Chinmoy Babu.

Actually, Chinmoy Babu did not reacting love openly to Roopwati. But, the main fact is that Chinmoy Babu was also another admire to Roopwati. We get this point by the three situations. These ares-

When, Roopwati narrated the forty year old incident. At that time, it was dusk and there was the party’s working committee in session going. Suddenly, the lights went off. At that moment, Roopwati informed that Chinmoy Babu was sitting next to her and he crawled his fidgeting fingers into her hands and sat for a full hour like that.

Another was, when Chinmoy Babu was going to his own constituency, and then the writer pointed the deserted pyre of Roopwati where Chinmoy Babu nodded his head to that. That was another clue of admire to Roopwati.

We have also one climax point, when Chinmoy Babu went towards the cremation ground of Roopwati, then the writer saw that he gathered a bunch of flowers and pruning them to the cremation ground. That was also proved as admire to Roopwati. At that same situation, when he walked towards the Aunty’s pyre and kneeling down, then he wiped his eyes again and again. The situation also informs us as a lover of Roopwati.

 Q4. Describe the wedding night of aunty Roopwati.

Or: Describe the relation between Roopwati and Jagdishji.

Or: Sketch the character of Jagdishji in the story.

Ans:- Aunty Roopwati had rejected many proposal and finally selected Jagdishji as her husband. Roopwati thought that he would provide her a dreamful life. Instead, she had known the actual fact of Jagdishji’ character in the wedding night.

                The time, when Roopwati comfortably reclined on the bed, then she expected a profound show of love and respect from him. But, instead Jagdishji out three own writes essays from a canvas bag. At first, he had finished his first essay about a profound treatise on the socio-economic benefits of the proposed prohibition of the trade in liquor. At by 2 a.m., he had finished his second essay. After that, he tried to start the third essay, but Roopwati had snatched away the essays and burnt them page by page.

                From then, their relations were going no good so far. Jagdishji was very sad that matter and rarely talked for the rest of his life. Finally, he had died only at thirty-five years old. 

                Thus, the author describes the weeding night of Aunty Roopwati and about Jagdishji relationship with Roopwati as husband-wife.

Q5. Sketch the character Dhani Chowdhury.

Or: Who was Dhani Chowdhury? How is he involved in the story?

Ans:-

Dhani Chowdhury was a former treasurer of the party. He was a respected and a famous leader of the party.

The character Dhani Chowdhury came in the story when Chinmoy Babu’s romantic incident came out in the society. At that situation, Dhani Chowdhury was a rescuer for Chinmoy Babu. He narrated a false story to everyone to save Chinmoy Babu. He informed that when the lights went out then Chinmoy Babu seated beside Roopwati. But, after that he had gone out of the room to attend some urgent work. The thing was not known to Roopwati. The lights did not return until the meeting was over. So, Roopwati had never found out the actual person. He also informed that he was the person who was holding Roopwati’s fingers. For this story, Chinmoy Babu was rescued from the convict.

After that, Dhani Chowdhury became the convict of the matter and he was deprived from all the freedoms and facility. But, Dhani Chowdhury did not seem sad and sorry for that matter. He seemed a sense of pride to inform the matter. He was also willing to donate his photographs to be published on leaflets carry his confession.

Thus, the writer sketches the character of Dhani Chowdhury. 

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