8.FIRE-HYMN (Poetry)
BY:- Keki N. daruwalla
ABOUT THE AUTHOR :-
- K.N DARUWALA is a major Indian short story writer in English language.
- Born in 1937(LAHOR).
- His father C.S DARUWALA was a professor.
- K.N DARUWALA is a former Indian Police Service Officer(IPS).
- He joined in the service in 1958.
- He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry collection the keeper of dead.
- He was awarded common wealth poetry award in 1987.
- He was awarded UTTAR PRADESH State award in 1972.
- His notable/Famous works:-
- Under Orion (1970)
- Apparition in April (1971)
- Crossing of Rivers (1976)
- K.N DARUWALA is a Parsi/Zoroastrian.
SUMMARY
Fire-Hymn is a nice heart touching poem. This poem is composed by Keki N. Daruwala. He is a major poet short story writer in English.
In this present poem, The poet explaining his personal Feeling. He describes the burning ghat of Hindu. One days he going to burning ghat with his father. The burning ghat was burning like phos. The passers-by were afraid of fire. The burning ghat was situated on the river bank. The fire swallows everything and changes into grey ash. His father saw him half-burnt-finger. He says that fire sometimes forgets its duty. He sweats that i will save fire from this forget fulness. But, Twenty Years passed. The first child of poet died without any reason. The Tower of Silence was a thousand miles. So, he consigned his son the lop of fire.
At last,
The poet says that i will not run against parsi.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1)Q. How did the passer-by get frightened?
Ans:- The Passer-by got frightened to see the burning dead bodies.
2)Q. Which event does the expression 'the burning ghat' refer to?
Ans:- The expression 'the burning ghat' refers to the place where the dead bodies are burnt.
3)Q. Where do you think is the ghat located?
Ans:- The burning ghat is located near river bank.
4)Q. What does the speaker see/observe in the morning at the ghat?
Ans:- The speaker sees in the morning at the ghat a half burnt finger of a dead body.
5)Q. Why does he say that the redness of fire is cruel?
Ans:- The poet says that the redness of the fire is cruel because is swallows everything and change into grey ash.
6)Q. In which sense does the fire forget its dead?
Ans:- The fire forget its dead body because sometimes it leaves a half burnt of dead body.
7)Q. Why does the speaker reveal his religious identity?
Ans:- The speaker reveal his religious identity. He is a parsi by birth the Zoroastrians send dead bodies the tower of silence. But he consigned his son the lap of fire because the tower of silence was a thousand mils away.
8)Q. why did the Fire-Hymn say to him?
Ans:-The Fire-Hymn said to him "you stand forgiven".
