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story telling Activities

A. Read the text and match column A with column B below.

Partha Pratim Majumder was born in 1954 in Pabna to a family of artistes. He spent most of his early years in his big ancestral home, situated in a small locality known as Kalachandpara. At that time Kalachandpara was well known for its cultural activities. There were festivals and various types of cultural shows round the year. Majumder's father, a photographer by profession was an art lover. He taught and inspired his son to appreciate different forms of art

Majumder went to live with his aunt in Chandernagar, 30 kilometers away from Kolkata in 1966. It was there that he first came across a mime artiste named Jogesh Dutta. The way Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word, left Majumder spellbound. He took lessons on mime from Dutta in his mime academy in Kolkata from 1966 to 1972.



1. Majumder was very much impressed
a. loved art.
2. He spent most of his childhood
b. him value all forms of arts.
3. His father loved
c. in his own village.
4. The people of his locality
d. were culturally active.
5. His father made
e. when he saw Dutta's performance.

B. Read the statements below and form appropriate questions for each statement.

1. The birth place of Partha Pratim Majumder is in Pabna.

Answer Where is the birth place of Partha Pratim Majumdar?

2. He was born in 1954.

Answer When was he born?

3. He belonged to a culturally enlightened family.

Answer What type of family did he belong to?

4. Majumder's father inspired him to value art.

Answer Who inspired Majumder to value art?

5. His forefathers' home was in Kalachandpara. 6 He spent his childhood enjoying different cultural activities.

Answer Where was his forefathers’ home?

6. He spent his childhood enjoying defferent cultural activities.

Answer How did he spend his childhood?

7. He was spellbound finding the silent way of story-telling.

Answer Solution file on processing.

8. His first trainer in mime learning was Jogesh Dutta.

Answer Solution file on processing.

C. Listen to the Audio and complete the chart about Partha Pratim Majumder.

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D. Project: Make a group of five members. Each group will make a colorful wall-poster about Partha Pratim Majumder. Use the information that you have learnt from lesson 2 and 3.

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