CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -“Our elders are often heard reminiscing nostalgically about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread. Those eaters might have vanished but the makers are still there. We still have amongst us the mixers, the moulders and those who bake the loaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the great old Portuguese days and their love for bread and loaves.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are often heard saying nostalgically about their famous loaves of bread. Many eaters of loaves might have vanished but the makers are still alive. The profession of baking loaves of bread has not died with the end of the Portuguese rule. Goa still has the mixers, molders and the bakers of those loaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elders usually remember old days fondly, because once people get older, they accumulate rich experiences of their past. It’s a normal human psyche that the past always looks better than the present. The elders of Goa were nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese, and their famous bread loaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The Portuguese and their famous loaves of bread had made a permanent impact on Goan soil. The eaters of those loaves might have vanished but the makers of the loaves-the bakers still have an important place in the society. The Goan village still has the mixers, moulders and those who bake the loaves.