MP Board Class 9th English Solutions Chapter 6 No Men Are Foreign

August 25, 2022

SUMMARY IN INGLISH

The poem ‘No Mer. Are Foreign’ begins and ends with the same line- ‘Remember no men are strange, no countries foreign’ as the poet wants to emphasize on the fact that all the people living on this Earth are the same and that we have created distinctions by erecting borders and fences, different languages, etc. While we are alive, we walk on the same Earth and upon our death, we will lie in our graves in the same earth. He draws another similarity that we all enjoy good food during peace and starve during war and in winter time. We all have similar hands which we use to do a lot of hard work. All of us have eyes which remain open when we are awake and close when we are asleep. He reminds the reader that whenever we hate someone, we cheat and hate ourselves. Also, when we pick up weapons against someone, we pollute the Earth and make it impure with the huge mounds of dead bodies strewn on it.

SUMMARY IN HINDI

कविता शुरू होती है और एक ही पंक्ति के साथ शुरू होती है याद रखें कोई भी पुरूष अजीब नहीं, कोई देश विदेशी नहीं’ जैसा कि कवि इस तथ्य पर जोर देना चाहता है कि इस पृथ्वी पर रहने वाले सभी लोग एक ही हैं और हम सीमाओं और बाड़, अलग-अलग भाषाओं, आदि के निर्माण से भेद पैदा किया है, जबकि हम जीवित हैं, हम एक ही पृथ्वी पर चलते हैं और हमारी मृत्यु पर, हम एक ही पृथ्वी में हमारी कब्र में झूठ बोलेंगे । वह एक और समानता खींचता है कि हम सभी शांति के दौरान अच्छे भोजन का आनंद लेते हैं और युद्ध के दौरान और सर्दियों के समय में भूखे रहते हैं। हम सभी के हाथ एक समान होते हैं जिनका उपयोग हम कड़ी मेहनत करने के लिए करते हैं। हम सभी की आँखे ऐसी होती हैं। जो जागने पर खुली रहती हैं और जब हम सोते हैं तब बंद होते हैं। वह पाठक को याद दिलाता है कि जब भी हम किसी से नफरत करते हैं.. तो हम धोखा देते हैं और खुद से नफरत करते हैं इसके अलावा, जब हम किसी के खिलाफ हथियार उठाते हैं, तो हम पृथ्वी को प्रदूषित करते हैं और उस पर फेंके गए शवों के विशाल टीले से उसे अशुद्ध कर देते हैं।

TEXTBOOK EXERCISES

THINKING ABOUT THE POEM

Questions

1. (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?

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

3. How many common features can you find in stanza 2 ? Pick out the words.

4. “… whenever we are told to hate our brothers …….” When do you think this happens ? Why? Who ‘tells’ us ? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say ?

Answers

1. (i) The poet is speaking about ‘uniforms’ as different nationalities all over the world.

(ii) He suggests that a single human body breathes beneath different nationalities.

2.(a) No men are strange.

(b) No countries foreign.

(d) The land is the same everywhere.

(e) The land is the same where all shall lie.

3. The words are: A single body breathes, the earth is like this etc.

(a) They are aware of sun, air and water. –

(b) They are fed by peaceful harvests.

(d) Their lines in the palms are the same as these (there) are in our hands.

The words are: They, too, are aware of sun and air and water; are fed by peaceful barvests, their hands are ours etc.

4. Sometimes, some persons with vested interests incite the masses. Due to this we start hating our brothers. They do so to serve their own selfish interests. They tell us to create riots. We should not do so as we are told. Instead, we should remain peaceful. If we obey them, we help them in their anti-social activities. This will mean a great loss to the people and the country.

The poet says that all the human beings of the world are our brothers and sisters. We should love them all. We should not fight with them as enemies. They are our own.

SabDekho

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