CLASS 10
GLIMPSES OF INDIA
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Question
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Even today many bakers home deliver bread.
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Baking is a dying profession in Goa.
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The author has fond childhood memories of the baker visiting his house.
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Children love to eat bread bangles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bread and cakes are still an integral part of Goan life. (vi)Traditional bread-baking is still a very profitable business.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days in Goa. The people of Goa were used to the refreshing fragrance of the loaves of bread. On all occasions and ceremonies, they needed them. Marriage gifts were meaningless without the sweet bread or the bol.
Detailed explanation-3: -Was baking a profitable profession? Answer: Yes, baking was really a profitable profession as the bread was an important part of the food of the Goan people. The bakers earned well and kept servants. Their families looked happy and prosperous.
Detailed explanation-4: -Breads and cakes were an integral part of everyday life in Goa and were also consumed on special occasions. Thus, the baker was a man whose arrival was always eagerly anticipated by the adults and children. Bakers were very informal with the children. They were considered as friends and companions.