Class:- XI. Marks:-25
Subject:- English Activity Sheet
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Activity I : Read the activity, read the extract and do all the activities. 13
A1 State whether the following statements are true or false. 2
1.Baba began his practice in Pune Shanivar wada.
2. In 1959, the hamals went on their first ever strikes.
3. Hamals came to Pune market from all over world.
4. In 1969, the state government passed the Law.
Trained an ayurved doctor, Baba began his practice in Pune's Nana Peth, where he saw firsthand the hardships faced by hamals (head loaders) who had no legal protection. Hamals, mainly from backward
castes, came from all over rural Maharashtra to Pune's markets, unloading heavy sacks of grain or cement on their backs all day, with barely enough time off to find food, and no house which meant they would sleep in the same market. Political parties worked only with organized labour, leaving hamals with no protection from exploitation.
Baba organized them into the "Hamal Panchayat". Navnath Binawde came to Pune from a droughtprone part of Solapur ass a young boy, and recalls the days when he couldn't, get work as a hamal. 'Once the Hamal Panchayat came into force, the whole system was streamlined and everyone had equal opportunity for work," says Binawde, now the panchayat's secretary.
In 1956, the hamals went on their first-ever strike demanding decent wages. There were satyagraha and arrests after which it was finally recognized as a trade union and minimum wages were After years of struggle, in 1969, the state government passed the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers Act, the country's first piece of legislation for the social security of unorganised labour. It has become the rallying point for dozens of other unorganized labour movements seeking social security legislation.
In the decades since; Baba has been actively involved in similar struggles for auto drivers,rag hawkexs, domestic workers and construction labourers. Each such collective has registered itself as a separate trade union.
A2. Find out the two reasons from the extract that would show the hamals were homeless. 2
A3. Point out Navnath Binwade's views about Hamals Panchayat. 2
A4. Match the following words under column A with their meaning given under column B. 2
A B.
A. Came into force. 1) People who collect pieces of
old torn clothes
B. Legislation. 2) set of beliefs
C. Ideology. 3) started being used
D. Rag pickers. 4) Law
A5.State the names of some social workers along with the field they work. 2
A6. Grammar 3
1)They would sleep in the same market. (Rewrite using 'used to')
2)Baba began his practice in Pune's Nana Peth. (Rewrite it in Past Perfect Tense)
3)The state government passed the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers Act. (Begin with 'The Maharashtra Mathadi......)
Activity - II Read the given extract and then do the activities that follow. 8
What happened on one day
They brought her in the cart
Her eyes were open
Blood gushed from her mouth
Her partner saluted
Came near, caressed us and said Balu
We saw mutely everything
We searched our umbrella
Our roof, our mother.
A1. Complete the flow chart about the mother. 2
A2. Write a piece of advice your parents give when they go away to work. 2
A3. Pick out the example of each 1.Alliteration and 2. Climax. 2
A4. Imagine the extract is about father. Rewrite the following lines in that perspective . 2
They brought her in the cart
Her eyes were open
Blood gushed from her mouth
Her partner saluted
Activity III : Write any one of the following. 4
Draft an application for leave of absence to your class teacher.
OR
Write a report on Republic Day celebrations in your Jr. College.
