CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The text you read is a travelogue where the author, Vikram Seth, talks about his visit to two sacred places in Kathmandu. Imagine that you were with Vikram Seth on his visit to Pashupatinath temple, and you were noting down all that you saw and did there, so that you could write a travelogue later.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kathmandu summary will help students learn about the story written by Vikram Seth, which is an excerpt from his book ‘Heaven Lake’. This story tells us about the author’s visit to the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. We see that he was coming from China to visit India via hitchhiking.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vikram Seth’s story ‘Kathmandu’ is an excerpt from the author’s book ‘Heaven Lake’. The story narrates the tale of the author visiting Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. The author had been hitchhiking from China towards India, in the midway of which he was supposed to cross Nepal and Tibet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vikram Seth CBE, FRSL (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award.

Detailed explanation-5: -What are Vikram Seth’s most notable works? Seth’s most lauded works are the travel book From Heaven Lake (1983), the verse novel The Golden Gate (1986), and the epic novel A Suitable Boy (1993). The Golden Gate is based on Charles Johnston’s translation of Aleksandr Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin (1833).