In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.

(i) “Beneath all uniforms . ..” What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about? (ii) How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?

Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.

Find out the possible routes (by rail, road or air) from Kathmandu to New Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai.

On the following map mark out the route, which the author thought of but did not take, to Delhi.

Which of these words would you use to describe Santosh Yadav? Find reasons in the text to support your choices, and write a couple of paragraphs describing Santosh’s character.