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⬛ About The Author;
Name: Intizar Hussain
Birth: December 7, 1923 in Dibai, Bulandshahr
Nationality: Pakistani
Language: Urdu
Worked For: Urdu newspapers like 'Imroze', 'Mashriqe', columnist of Karachi based English newspaper 'Dawn's weekly column.
Notable Works: 'The Seventh Door' (translated into English), 'Leaves' (translated into English), 'Basti', 'Hindustan Se Aakhri Khat', 'Aagay Samander Hain', 'Wo Jo Kho Gaye', 'Badal'.
Awards and Honors: Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Adamjee Literary Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award at Lahore Literary Festival (2012), nominated for Man Booker International Prize (2013), Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2014).
Death: February 2, 2016 at the age of 92 in Lahore, Pakistan.
⬛ Cloud Questions And Answers, Note With Bengoli Meaning;
1.'"But no one could give him a satisfactory answer" - Why do you think no one could give him a satisfactory answer ? (“āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻেāĻ āϤাāĻে āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻāύāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি”- āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻেāύ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ় āϝে āĻেāĻ āϤাāĻে āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻāύāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি ?)
➣No one could give him a satisfactory answer because it was the most peculiar question to all of them and so they could not understand what the boy was asking for. (āĻেāĻ āϤাāĻে āϏāύ্āϤোāώāĻāύāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি āĻাāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻāϞেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύāĻি āĻিāϞ āĻুāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻĻ্āĻুāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻ āϤাāϰা āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύি āϝে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻিāĻ্āĻাāϏা āĻāϰāĻিāϞ।)
2. Where did the boy wander in search of the clouds ? (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽেāĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύে āĻোāĻĨাāϝ় āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ He wandered far away down the winding paths and alleys in search of the clouds.. (āĻ āύেāĻ āĻĻূāϰে āĻঁāĻা āĻŦাঁāĻা āĻĒāĻĨে āĻāĻŦং āϏāϰু āĻ āϞিāĻāϞিāϤে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽেāĻেāϰ āĻ āύুāϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ।)
3.How was the boy asking after the cloud? (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻীāĻাāĻŦে āĻŽেāĻāĻুāϞিāĻে āĻুঁāĻāĻিāϞ ?)
➣The boy was asking after the clouds like a man who has lost his child asks the wayfarers if they had seen a child wandering. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽেāĻāĻুāϞিāĻে āĻāĻŽāύāĻাāĻŦে āĻুঁāĻāĻিāϞ āϝেāύ āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻিāϞ āĻāĻāĻা āϞোāĻ āϤাāϰ āĻšাāϰিāϝ়ে āϝাāĻāϝ়া āĻেāϞেāĻে āĻুঁāĻāĻে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāĻĨāĻাāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻিāĻ্āĻাāϏা āĻāϰāĻে āϤাāϰা āĻোāύো āĻļিāĻļুāĻে āĻĻেāĻেāĻে āĻি āύা।)
4. What did the boy's mother say hearing her son's question? (āĻŽা āϤাāϰ āĻেāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ āĻļুāύে āĻী āĻŦāϞেāĻিāϞেāύ ?)
➣ The boy's mother asked him if he had lost his mind. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽা āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāĻে āĻিāĻ্āĻেāϏ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ āϝে āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨা āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে āĻি āύা।)
5. What had the boy seen at night before he went to sleep? (āϰাāϤ্āϰিāϤে āĻুāĻŽোāϤে āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ the boy had seen at night before he went to sleep, that the gathering in the dark sky. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻাāϞো āĻŽেāĻেāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻŽāϤে āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ।)
6. When did the boy wake up at night ? ( āĻāĻāύ āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻুāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ েāĻিāϞ?)
➣The boy woke up in the middle of the night. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽাāĻāϰাāϤে āĻুāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ েāĻিāϞ।)
7. Why was the boy amazed when he got up in the morning ? (āϏāĻাāϞে āĻুāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ ে āĻেāύ āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŦিāϏ্āĻŽিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ Seeing the clouds the previous night and not finding them in the morning, without even a drop of rain amazed the boy. (āĻāĻেāϰ āϰাāϤে āϏে āĻāĻাāĻļে āĻŽেāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĒāϰāĻĻিāύ āϏāĻাāϞে āĻāĻ āĻĢোঁāĻাāĻ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻাāĻĄ়া āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻাāϰ āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻĻেāĻে āϏে āĻ āĻŦাāĻ āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ।)
8. Which question haunted the boy ? (āĻোāύ্ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύāĻা āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāĻে āĻাāĻĄ়া āĻāϰāĻিāϞ?)
➣ The question that haunted the boy was where the clouds had gone. (āϝে āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύāĻা āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāĻে āϤাāĻĄ়া āĻāϰāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻা āĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŽেāĻেāϰা āĻোāĻĨাāϝ় āĻেāϞ।)
9. What did the boy see in the middle of the night ? (āĻŽাāĻāϰাāϤে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ?)
➣ He saw that the clouds were rumbling in the sky. The clouds were dense and black and occasionally there were flashes of lightning. It seemed as if it will be raining. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻĻেāĻāϞ āϝে āĻāĻাāĻļে āĻŽেāĻ āĻুāĻĄ়āĻুāĻĄ় āĻāϰāĻে। āĻŽেāĻāĻুāϞি āĻাāϞো āĻ āĻāύ, āĻāϰ āĻŽাāĻেāĻŽাāĻেāĻ āϤা āĻেāĻĻ āĻāϰে āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝুāϤেāϰ āĻāϞāĻাāύি āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāĻ্āĻে। āĻāĻাāĻļেāϰ āĻাāĻŦāĻāϤি āĻĻেāĻে āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻিāϞ āĻুāĻŦ āĻļীāĻ্āϰāĻ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻšāĻŦে।)
10. What did he do after reaching the shelter of the tree? (āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻাāϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻļ্āϰāϝ়ে āĻāϏে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ?)
➣He splashed the cool water from the Persian wheel on his dusty feet and washed his hand and face and drank to his satisfaction. (āϏে āĻĒাāϰāϏি āĻāϞāĻāĻ্āϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻļীāϤāϞ āĻāϞ āĻিāĻোāϞ āϤাāϰ āϧুāϞোāĻŽাāĻা āĻĒাāϝ়ে āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻšাāϤ-āĻŽুāĻ āϧুāϝ়ে āĻāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āĻāϞ āĻĒাāύ āĻāϰāϞ।)
11. How was the weather in the morning? (āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻšাāĻāϝ়া āĻেāĻŽāύ āĻিāϞ?)
➣ In the morning the sky was clear and empty without any trace of clouds of the previous night. (āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻিāϞ āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻāϤāϰাāϤেāϰ āĻŽেāĻেāϰ āĻোāύো āĻিāĻš্āύāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻļিāώ্āĻ āĻিāϞ āύা।)
12. What saddened the boy ? (āĻী āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāĻে āĻĻুঃāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ The thought that, the clouds escaped without raining, since he had fallen asleep, saddened the boy. (āĻāĻ āĻাāĻŦāύা āϝে āϏে āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻিāϞ āĻŦāϞে āĻŽেāĻāĻুāϞো āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āύা āĻŦাāϰিāϝ়ে āĻĒাāϞিāϝ়ে āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ, āϤাāĻে āĻĻুঃāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ।)
13. What had the boy thought when he found the clouds had disappeared ? (āϏāĻাāϞেāϰ āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻŽেāĻāĻļূāύ্āϝ āĻĻেāĻে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻেāĻŦেāĻিāϞ ?)
➣He thought, had he stayed awake, perhaps the clouds would not have disappeared. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻেāĻŦেāĻিāϞ, āĻšāϝ়āϤো āϏে āύিāĻে āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āύা āĻĒāĻĄ়āϞে āĻŽেāĻāϰাāĻļি āĻ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻšāϝ়ে āϝেāϤ āύা।)
14. "He looked up once again..." What did he see? ('āϏে āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āϤাāĻাāϞ'- āϏে āĻী āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ When he looked up, he did not find a single patch of cloud. The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. (āϝāĻāύ āϏে āĻāĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āϤাāĻাāϞ, āϏে āĻāĻ āĻুāĻāϰো āĻŽেāĻāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϞ āύা। āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻাāϰ āĻিāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϏূāϰ্āϝ āĻāĻাāĻļে āĻāϞāĻŽāϞ āĻāϰāĻিāϞ।)
15. What did the boy see after crossing several fields? (āĻ āύেāĻāĻুāϞো āĻŽাāĻ āĻĒেāϰিāϝ়ে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ?)
➣ The boy saw a large tree in whose shade was a Persian wheel that turned gently. (āϏে āĻĻেāĻāϞ āϝে āĻāĻāĻা āĻŦিāϰাāĻ āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻাāϝ়াāϝ় āĻāĻāĻি āĻāϞāĻāĻ্āϰ āĻŽৃāĻĻুāĻাāĻŦে āĻুāϰāĻিāϞ।)
16. Describe the reaction of the boy after seeing the Persian wheel. (āĻĒাāϰāϏি āĻāϞāĻāĻ্āϰ āĻĻেāĻে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ্āϰিāϝ়া āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰো।)
➣ Seeing the Persian wheel, the boy felt as if he had reached an oasis in the middle of a desert. (āĻĒাāϰāϏি āĻāϞāĻāĻ্āϰ āĻĻেāĻে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āϏে āϝেāύ āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽāϰুāĻূāĻŽিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽāϰুāĻĻ্āϝাāύে āĻāϏে āĻĒৌঁāĻেāĻে।)
17. What seemed to the boy like an oasis ?(āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻী āĻŽāϰুāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ?)
➣ While crossing by several fields in search of rain, the boy's body got heated and his throat went dry. He desperately needed some water to drink. Just at that moment he saw a Persian wheel under the shade of a tree. This seemed to him like an oasis. (āĻŦāĻšু āĻেāϤ āĻĒেāϰিāϝ়ে āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāϰ āĻোঁāĻে āϝেāϤে āϝেāϤে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻļāϰীāϰ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āĻ āĻāϞা āĻļুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। āϤাāϰ āĻāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ āĻিāϞ। āĻ িāĻ āϏেāĻāϏāĻŽāϝ় āϏে āĻĻেāĻāϞ āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻাāϝ়াāϝ় āĻāĻāĻি āĻĒাāϰāϏি āĻāϞāĻāĻ্āϰ। āĻāĻাāĻেāĻ āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϰূāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ।)
18. what did the old man say about the place where he once lived? āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϝে āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰāϤেāύ āϏেāĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧে āĻী āĻŦāϞেāĻিāϞেāύ?)
➣ The old man said that he once lived in a place where it had not rained for ten years. (āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻāĻি āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ āϝে āĻোāύো āĻāĻāϏāĻŽāϝ় āϤিāύি āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻি āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āĻŦাāϏ āĻāϰāϤেāύ āϝেāĻাāύে āĻĻীāϰ্āĻ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāĻĒাāϤ āĻšāϝ়āύি।)
19. How did the boy feel as he reached the mud hut ? (āϝāĻāύ āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽাāĻিāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻĒৌঁāĻোāϞ āϤāĻāύ āϏে āĻী āĻ āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāϞ ?)
➣He felt a nip in the air and the earth was damp under his foot. (āϏে āĻŦাāϤাāϏে āĻāύāĻāύে āĻাāĻŦ āĻ āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻĒাāϝ়েāϰ āύীāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻি āϏ্āϝাঁāϤāϏেঁāϤে āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞ।)
20. What did the boy do as he stood under the jamun tree? (āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻāĻিāϰ āύীāĻে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻী āĻāϰāϞ ?)
➣ He stood beneath the jamun tree and let raindrops fall on his head and face. (āϏে āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻেāϰ āύীāĻে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়িāϝ়ে āϰāĻāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϰে āĻĒāĻĄ়া āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāϰ āĻĢোঁāĻা āϤাāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āĻ āĻŽুāĻে āĻĒāĻĄ়āϤে āĻĻিāϞ।)
21. Why did the clouds shed rain in the absence of the boy ? (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āĻ āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āĻŽেāĻ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāĻĒাāϤ āĻāĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āĻেāύ?)
➣It was as if the clouds were playing hide and seek with the boy. He kept searching for the clouds but never found it. As a natural phenomenon, rain did shed but unfortunately it was in his absence. (āĻŽāύে āĻšāϝ় āĻŽেāĻāĻুāϞো āϝেāύ āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻিāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϞুāĻোāĻুāϰি āĻেāϞāĻিāϞ। āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŽেāĻেāϰ āĻোঁāĻ āĻāϰে āϝাāĻ্āĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻāύোāĻ āϤাāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻĒাāϝ়āύি। āĻĒ্āϰাāĻৃāϤিāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽাāύুāϝাāϝ়ী, āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĻুāϰ্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻļāϤ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ āϤাāϰ āĻ āύুāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে।)
22. Why was the boy open-mouthed before the old man? (āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻāĻিāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻী āĻাāϰāĻŖে āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻšাঁ āĻāϰে āĻĻাঁāĻĄ়িāϝ়েāĻিāϞ ? )
➣ The boy heard an unbelievable tale that the old man had lived in a place where it had not rained for ten years. That is why the boy was open mouthed before the old man. (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻāĻāĻি āĻ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ্āϝ āĻাāĻšিāύি āĻļুāύেāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻāĻি āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻি āĻাāϝ়āĻাāϝ় āĻিāϞেāύ āϝেāĻাāύে āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āĻšāϝ়āύি। āϏেāĻ āĻাāϰāĻŖেāĻ āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻāĻিāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে āĻšাঁ āĻāϰে āĻĻাāĻĄ়িāϝ়েāĻিāϞ।)
23. What did the boy see when he arrived home? (āĻŦাāϞāĻāĻি āϝāĻāύ āĻŦাāĻĄ়ি āĻĒৌঁāĻোāϞ āϤāĻāύ āϏে āĻী āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĒেāϞ ?)
➣He saw that the rain had changed everything. The jamun tree stood clean, scrubbed and freshly showered. (āϏে āĻĻেāĻāϞ āϝে āĻŦৃāώ্āĻি āϏāĻŦāĻিāĻুāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāĻিāϝ়েāĻে āĻāĻŦং āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻāĻি āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāϰ āĻāϞে āϏ্āύাāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻāĻāĻে āϤāĻāϤāĻে āĻšāϝ়ে āĻāĻ েāĻে।)
24. How did the jamun tree look after the fresh shower? (āϏāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāĻĒাāϤেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻāĻিāĻে āĻেāĻŽāύ āĻĻেāĻাāĻ্āĻিāϞ?)
➣The jamun tree looked clean and scrubbed, after the fresh shower. (āϏāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāĻĒাāϤেāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻāĻিāĻে āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āϏুāϏ্āύাāϤ āĻĻেāĻাāĻ্āĻিāϞ।)
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