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• A brief bio sketch of K Satchidanandan, the famous Indian writer is given below: Now prepare four questions based on the passage, to interview him. K Satchidanandan is an Indian poet writing in Malayalam and English. He is known as a pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam. He is also a critic, columnist, translator and the former secretary of the Kendra Sahitya Academy. As an intellectual upholding secular democratic views, he supports causes like environment, human rights and free software. His lectures and articles on issues concerning contemporary Indian Literature are thought-provoking. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
• Read the following lines from the poem ‘Stammer’ and answer the questions given below. “When a whole people stammer Stammer becomes their mother tongue Just as it is with us now.” a) Identify the speaker of these lines. b) What attitude of the poet is revealed here? c) What does the poet mean by ‘Stammer’ here?
• Following are the questions posed to K Satchidanandan, the famous Indian poet in a recently conducted interview held at Trivandrum. a) What inspired you to write the poem’ stammer’? b) Do you think that the theme of the poem is still relevant?c) Why did you use plain simple language in this poem? Imagine yourself to be in the shoes of Satchidanandan. Suppose you were to answer these questions what will you say? Prepare the responses.
• When does stammer become a social phenomenon?
• How does the poet link stammer and lameness beautifully to silence?