English
Overcoming physical disabilities (Evelyn Glennie) and the life of Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan
Practice questions
Why can Evelyn's hearing loss be seen as a challenge rather than a weakness in the story?How did Ron Forbes change the direction of Evelyn's music learning?What is proved by Evelyn's method of recognizing high and low notes?What deeper proof is shown by Evelyn getting among the highest marks at the Royal Academy?What does Evelyn keeping her body open to music indicate?How does confidence develop in Evelyn's story?Why is the teacher's role in Evelyn's story not limited only to teaching?What is the most important social message in Evelyn's achievements?Which noble side of Evelyn's personality is shown by her concerts in hospitals and prisons?Evelyn's clear speech and learning languages show which broader quality?Why is seeing Evelyn as an object of pity against the lesson's message?What does adaptation mean in Evelyn's struggle?Which idea is strengthened by the development of shehnai from the shrill pungi?What cause-effect relation is formed by Aurangzeb banning the pungi in the lesson?What does the link of shah and nai in the name shehnai indicate?In what form did Bismillah Khan establish the shehnai beyond auspicious occasions?For Bismillah Khan, practice was not merely exercise but what?What does Bismillah Khan's journey from Dumraon to Banaras show?How is Ali Bux's influence seen in Bismillah Khan's personality?What do the temples of Banaras and the Ganga bank add to Bismillah Khan's art?