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Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.
Why did Gandhiji and his team start doing the job of cleaning? What do you think about this?
Answer: Gandhiji and his team started doing the job of cleaning so that people come out of their mindset. He wanted to respect all kinds of jobs too. He wanted to show that a particular job is not meant for particular people or caste.
Do you know any such people in your area who try to help others in solving their problems? Find out and discuss in the class.
Answer: Yes, nowadays, there are such people who try to help others in solving their problems.
Guests at Gandhiji’s Ashram had to learn this work also. If you were one of these guests, what would you do?
Answer: I would have learnt this work and would have happily done that.
What are the toilet arrangements in your house? Where is the toilet? Inside the house or outside? Who cleans the toilet?
Answer: There are toilets in my house, one is attached to the room, and another one is common for everyone. A toilet is built inside the house. The toilet is modern with a good water facility. Usually, my mother cleans the toilet, though sometimes, whoever uses it cleans it.
How did the man who was returning from the toilet behave with Mahadevbhai? Why did he behave like this?
Answer: The man behaved with Mahadevbhai in an insulting way because his impression towards cleaning toilet is that it is a dirty job and people who do this are untouchables.
How do people generally behave with those people who clean toilets and drains? Write.
Answer: People generally behave badly with those people who clean toilets and drains because the impression towards them is that they are untouchables.
Narayan and Gandhiji discussed all these many years ago. Have things changed now?
Answer: Yes, these things have changed a lot, and the concept of untouchability has also vanished.