CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bholi’s school teacher is the artist in the story, who with her kindness, caring support and encouragement raises Bholi’s self-esteem and fills her with confidence. Bholi is her teacher’s masterpiece because she transformed her entirely and educated her in true sense of terms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bholi is a work by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K.A. Abbas). He was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist and journalist. He did his works in Hindi, Urdu and English languages. This story is about a girl, Bholi, who had fallen off a cot in the head.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bholi’s teacher felt like an artist admiring her masterpiece, when she realized how her soothing words, education, and motivation gave confidence to Bholi to face the world and transformed her from a girl who was unsure about herself and from a backward child, to a bold and confident girl.

Detailed explanation-4: -The next day Ramlal caught Bholi by the hand and said, “Come with me. I will take you to school.” Bholi was frightened. She did not Bholi 55 2022-23 Page 3 Footprints without Feet 56 know what a school was like. She remembered how a few days ago their old cow, Lakshmi, had been turned out of the house and sold.

Detailed explanation-5: -How does she become a masterpiece? Answer: The teacher transformed a simpleton girl into a well-behaved and confident girl. Bholi was a foolish and stammering girl.