Notes Class 9 Chapter 2.6 Kumarbharati English Maharashtra Board

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The Past in the Present

Warming Up

• Components of a Play: Title, Characters, Scene, Dialogues, Climax, Curtain.
• Review a Play: Name, characters, actors, theme, climax, ending, lights, music, sets, costumes, acting, opinion.

The Skit: The Past in the Present

Characters:

• Neel (teen), Mom.
• Boys and mothers from: 1950s, 1910, 1800, 1500, 1000, 100 CE, 3000 BCE.

Scene: Neel’s messy room.

Story

Neel and Mom:

• Neel cleans dishes, wants to go out.
• Mom says tidy room, make bed daily.
• Neel complains; Mom says it builds habits, mentions Grandpa.

Time Journey:

• 1950s Boy: Watered garden, groceries, dusted, cleaned bicycle; hates bed-making.
• 1910 Boy: Fetched water, swept, collected wood, cleaned stones; wants riverside.
• 1800 Boy: Washed clothes, chopped wood, fixed fence, grazed goats; wants atya-patya.
• 1500 Boy: Milked cows, grazed them, fetched vegetables, swept yards; wants Ashtapada.
• 1000 Boy: Watered crops, cleared channels, pulled weeds, patched walls; wants puppet show.
• 100 CE Boy: Fed poultry, tended sheep, scared birds, plastered yard; wants Bagh-chal.
• 3000 BCE Boy: Hunted, carved stones, dusted leather, made pots; wants Chaupar.

Common Theme: Boys dislike making beds; mothers say “Do it now!”

Ending: Neel sees chores are old tradition, wishes for a robot, Mom says work hard.

Key Ideas

• Theme: Chores teach responsibility.
• Time Span: 5000 years of duties.
• Lesson: Hard work is timeless.