भारतीय विणकर 2-2) Indian Weavers

 ICE BREAKERS

 Artisans are also called craftsmen. They are creators of diverse goods and use

their hands to create unique, functional and also decorative items using

traditional techniques. Now complete the web given below:

Different types of artisans

Goldsmith

 Discuss with your partner the seasons/occasions when we need :

(a) woollen clothes (b) casual clothes

(c) rich silk clothes (d) colourful, comfortable clothes

 Let’s play a game. The teacher will ask the students some questions.

Students will understand that there are some exceptions to the general

rules. Let’s start.

- One who weaves is a weaver. - One who plays a game is a

- One who sings is a - One who dances is a

- One who teaches is a - One who cooks is a

 We have often seen the picture of Gandhiji spinning on his charkha.

Discuss the reasons behind this. One has been given for you.

(a) To give rural people an opportunity to earn their livelihood.

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

 Name some tools used by the weavers.

(a) Loom (b) (c)

 Name some types of yarns used by the weavers.

(a) Linen

 (b) 

(c)

Sarojini Naidu (1879 to 1949) was a political activist, feminist and the first Indian woman who became the President of the Indian National Congress. She was an important figure in India’s Struggle for Independence. Sarojini Naidu’s work as a poet earned her the sobriquet of Nightingale of India. Later she became the Governor of the United Provinces in 1947 becoming the first woman to hold the office of the Governor in Independent India.

‘Indian Weavers’ is a short poem where the poet talks about three types of garment that the weavers weave at three particular times of a day. Each stanza of the poem represents the three important events of human life: birth (childhood), adulthood (young) and death (old). The colours mentioned in the stanzas are very significant as they indicate the moods related to the events.

Indian Weavers

Weavers, weaving at break of day,

Why do you weave a garment so gay?......

Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,

We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,

Why do you weave a garment so bright?........

Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,

We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,

What do you weave in the moonlight chill……

White as a feather and white as a cloud,

We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.

- Sarojini Naidu

 halcyon: Kingfisher, a bird which has bright, colourful plumes

plumes: soft feathers

shroud: a cloth in which a dead person is wrapped

BRAINSTORMING

(A1) Discuss with your partner about the following vocations:

(a) Weaving (b) Tailoring

(c) Knitting (d) Embroidering

(A2) (i) Discuss the various products made by the weavers in the poem.

(ii) The words in the three stanzas of the poem mention different times of a

day. Complete the table.

Time of the day Words/phrases Weaver’s work

Early morning Break of day Weavers weave robes for the new-born 

child

Late in the evening

Cold night

(iii) The poem reveals three phases of life. Fill in the blanks with feelings and

colours appropriate to the phases of life. One is done for you.

New-born/ Childhood Youth/ 

Adulthood

Old age/ Death

 Colour Blue

Feeling Hopes and expectations

(iv) Complete: The weavers weave in the chill moonlight

(v) Pick out two words used to describe the weavers in the last stanza. Also

state their importance.

(vi) Express your views about the present condition of weavers.

(vii) Describe in your own words the steps or measures that can be taken to

solve the problems of the weavers.

(viii) Express your own views and opinions from the weavers’ point of view

and complete the following table.Stanza Activity (done by weavers)

Views/Opinion

First stanza Robes for a new-born child

The weavers feel 

because 

Second stanza

Third stanza

(A3) (i) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.(ii) Give antonyms and synonyms of the following and make sentences of yourown.

Word Antonym Sentence Synonym Sentence

new

bright

dead

still

wild

fall

child

(iii) Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.

(A4) (i) Complete the following table.

Figure of Speech Line

Simile

Imagery

Metaphor

Alliteration

(ii) The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is 'aabb'. Find rhyme schemes in

the second and third stanzas.

(A5) (i) The poet has asked a question at the beginning of every stanza. Explain the effect it creates on the reader.

(ii) Write an appreciation of the poem.

(iii) Compose four lines on 'Importance of clothes.'

(iv) Write an appeal to use handloom products in our daily life.

(v) Visit a handloom factory near your locality and write a report of it.

(vi) A handicraft exhibition is being organized in your college. You are given

the task to compere the inaugural function. Write the script for compering.

(A6)\ (i) Go to your college library and collect and read the poems written by 

Sarojini Naidu.

(ii) Find various career opportunities in Small Scale Industries like Handloom,

Art and Craft, Block Printing etc.

(iii) Find out information about the Mahavastra of Maharashtra- Paithani.