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LESSON – 9 A TRAVELLER’S TALE

: IN THIS LESSON, WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A TRAVELLER’S TALE
CALLED GAURAV JANI AND HIS MOTORBIKE LONER –

 INTRO –
 GAURAV JANI AND HIS MOTORBIKE LONER LIVES IN A
CITY CALLED MUMBAI, THEY ARE FED UP OF THE BUSY,
CROWDED AND THE NOISY CITY SO, ONE DAY THEY
DECIDED TO GO TO DIFFERENT PART OF THE
WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND ENJOY THE NATURE AND
BEAUTY OF EACH PLACE.
GETTING READY –
 SO IT TOOK THEM MANY DAYS TO PACK THE NEDS LIKE
– SMALL TENT, SLEEPING BAG, WARM CLOTHES,
CAMERA, FOOD AND PETROL FOR LONER .
THIS TRIP TOOK AT LEAST TWO
MONTHS -
 LONER AND HE LEFT MUMBAI, PASSING THROUGH
SMALL VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF MAHARASHTRA,
GUJARAT AND RAJASTHAN TO REACH DELHI. IT TOOK
1400 Km FROM MUMBAI TO DELHI. HE WAS HOPING
TO SEE SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT BUT DELHI
LOOKED AS SAME AS MUMBAI. HE WAS TIRED OF
LOOKING SAME HOUSES MADE UP OF BRICKS,
CEMENT, GLASS AND STEEL. HE WAS LOOKING
AHEAD OF HIS JOURNEY TO FIND SOMETHING RARE
NEW HOME -
HE AND LONER STAYED
IN A TENT AT NIGHT TO
PROTECT HIMSELF FROM
COLD BREEZE . HE LEFT
LONER OUTSIDE AS A
GUARD
THE COLD DESSERT
OF INDIA -
AT LAST HE AND LONER
SAW SUCH A HIGH, PLANE
AND DRY SNOWY DESERT
IN LADAKH, THEY SAW
MANY BEAUTIFUL WHITE
HOUSES AND WHEN HE
TURNED BACK HE SAW
THAT MANY CHILDREN
WERE CHASING CALLING
‘JULE , JULE’ MEANING
WELCOME
AT HOME WITH
TASHI -
TASHI WAS A BOY WHO
WAS FORCING HIM TO
COME TO HIS HOUSE
WHEN HE CAME TO
TASHI’S HOUSE HE SAW
THAT IT WAS MADE OF
MUD AND LIMESTONE
AND THE ROOF WAS
MADE UP OF HAY. HE
WAS AMAZED TO SEE
THAT AT THE TOP OF THE
ROOF THEY WERE
PEOPLE LIVING IN
TOP OF WORLD -
NOW IT WAS TIME TO
CLIMB HIGHER FOR HIM
AND LONER, LONER HAD
A TOUGH TIME WITH
ZIGZAGGING ALONG
NARROW. ROCKY
MOUNTAINS. IT WAS
VERY HARD TO BREATHE
BECAUSE IT’S TOWARDS
UP WARDS. HE WAS
FEELING SO DRIZZY.
CHANGPAS -
CHANGPAS ARE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO STAY IN HILLY
REGIONS WITH THEIR
SHEEPS. THERE IS ONR
MORE TRIBE LIKE
CHANGPAS WHICH IS
KNOWN AS BAKRAVAS.
CHANGPAS STAY IN THE
BORDER OF JAMMU AND
TIBET. LONER AND HE MET
NAMGYALTO KNOW ABOUT
CHANGPA. ONLY ABOUT
5000 CHANGPA IS ALIVE IN
THE INDIA THEY STAY IN
TENTS CALLED REBO.
CHANGPA’S SHEEP -
CHANGPA’S ONLY
PROFFESION IS
GROWING RARE KINDS
OF SHEEPS WHICH ONLY
GROW IN COLD PLACE
AND GIVE VERY SOFT
FUR WHICH IS USED TO
MAKE PASHMINA
SHAWL. THEIR ONLY
MONEY FOR LIVING IS
BY SELLING THE WOOL
THAT’S WHY THE SHEEPS
ARE THEIR TREASURE.
WHOEVER HAS MORE
SHEEP THEY ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE
PASHMINA SHAWL
-
PASHMINA SHAWL IS A
SHAWL MADE OF THE
RARE KIND OF WOOL
FROME THE SHEEP OF
CHANGPA’S IT’S RARE
BECAUSE – IT IS AS THIN
AS 6 HAIR OF THE SHEEP
WOULD BE SAM AS ONE
THIN HAIR OF OUR’S. IT’S
COSTLY BECAUSE IT’S
MADE HANDMADE, IT’S
SOFT AND IS AS HOT AS
WE ARE WEARING SIX
SWEATERS ON TOP OF THE
OTHER
LEAVING CHANGPA’S –

 GAURAV JANI WAS SO SAD TO LEAVE THEM BUT, HE

SHOULD DO TO GO AHEAD FOR REST OF HIS JOURNEY.
REACHING
SRINAGAR -
WHEN HE REACHED
SRINAGAR THEY SAW
BEAUTIFUL THINGS LIKE
HOUSE BOATS ARE ONLY
FOUND IN KERALA AND
SRINAGAR, DONGAS,
SHIKARA, SOME OLD
HOUSES, HOUSES WITH
SLOPING ROOFS ETC HE
ALSO MADE AN ALBUM OF
ALL THES FROM PHOTOS
HE CAPTURED FROMHIS
CAMERA . AFTER ENJOYING
THE INDIA, THE NEXT DAY
HE LEFT TO MUMBAI WITH
HIS LONER…….
THANK YOU……..