5. A ROADSIDE STAND
A Roadside Dhaba

6. HAPPINESS SADNESS ANGER LONELINESS
ANY OTHER EMOTION?

7. Comprehension check Where was the little new shed put up?
What did it plead for?
What is it that supports the cities?
What do you understand by polished traffic?
5. Which word in the stanza means “fading”?

8. RECAPITULATION
A small old house stood on the side-line of a road. A tiny new shed (shop) was constructed in front of it.
Heavy traffic sped on the road.
But no body cared to stop in front of it to buy something.
Even if they stopped, it was to criticize the country people for disturbing the beauty of the landscape with their inelegant house.

9. HOME WORK
1.) Write down the indifference of cityfolk towards the roadside stand owners.
2.) What things irritated the city dwellers?

10. EXTENDED ACTIVITY Article writing:
Write an article in about words on the balanced development of the villages and cities with reference to the poem.
Notice
Your school is going to conduct a symposium as part of the CCA activities on the issue “rural-urban divide” for the students of Class XII. Write a notice for the school notice board.