CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The author says that Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets. There are fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling western cosmetics, film rolls and chocolate or copper utensils, and Nepalese antiques.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kathmandu, also spelled Katmandu or Kantipur, capital of Nepal. It lies in a hilly region near the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnumati rivers, at an elevation of 4, 344 feet (1, 324 metres) above sea level. It was founded in 723 by Raja Gunakamadeva.

Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator describes Kathmandu as vivid, mercenary, religious and crowded place. While the temples, bazars and streets are noisy and in chaos, the Buddhist shrine is comparatively peaceful. The hawkers and shops fill the streets.

Detailed explanation-4: -The author hears film songs that were blaring out from the radios, sounds of car horns and bicycle bells, vendors shouting out their wares. He says that stray cows roam about on the roads. He also draws a vivid picture of a flute seller with many bansuris protruding from his pole.