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Hafeez Contractor wanted to join the police force. Why didn’t he?
Hafeez Contractor was interested in joining the police force, but his mother did not accept the prospect. Instead, she told him to complete his graduation first. Soon after that, he joined Jaihind College in Bombay.
In the architect’s office, Hafeez Contractor was advised to drop everything and join architecture. Why?
In the architect’s office, Hafeez Contractor saw somebody drawing a window detail which is an advanced form of drawing. He told that person that the drawing was wrong and that the window would not open as drawn. That person initially disagreed but soon realized that his drawing was indeed wrong. When Hafeez’s cousin’s husband saw this, he was surprised and asked him to draw a few specific things, such as to design a house, to which he complied. His relative was impressed and immediately asked him to nurture Hafeez’s natural talent and join architecture at the earliest.
(i) What was Mrs Gupta’s advice to Hafeez Contractor?
(ii) What made her advise him so?
(i) Mrs Gupta was one of Hafeez’s school teachers in the second or third standard, who saw his beautiful sketches in school and had advised him that he should grow up to become an architect someday.
(ii) She would often tell him that he was useless in everything else except the beautiful sketches that he drew. Due to this reason, she felt he should nurture his hidden talent and grow up to become an architect.
How did he help fellow students who had lost a button?
When his fellow students lost a button while playing or fighting, they would often come running to him and he would help them by cutting a button from chalk by using an ordinary blade.
Which rules did he break as a schoolboy?
Hafeez broke many rules while studying at school. He used to copy during the examinations, loiter around aimlessly, and play funny pranks and jokes on others. He would also get involved in gang fights and plan strategies. He would often create distractions by playing chor police games at school during study hours.
(i) What is Hafeez Contractor’s definition of mathematics?
(ii) How would you want to define mathematics? Do you like the subject?
(i) According to Hafeez Contractor, Mathematics is a mix of putting design, construction, psychology and sociology together and making a sketch by combining all these elements together.
(ii) In my opinion, I would define Mathematics as an interesting subject for those who enjoy solving arithmetical calculations and problems. But it turns out to be a nightmare for those who don’t enjoy playing with numbers and calculations.