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Rice composed by Chemmanam Chacko and translated by Prof. K. Ayyappa
Paniker, is a trip down memory lane to the narrator's native village.
After returning from North India, he realizes that a lot has changed,
especially his favourite rice.
Chemmanam Chacko was born on 7 March 1926 in the village of Mulakulam in
erstwhile Travancore. He created a space for himself in Malayalam poetry. He
is a master satirist who fought the system in many battles through his
writings. The poet, who has many literary works to his credit, always
responded to his surroundings with scathing verses.
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| Board | SCERT, Kerala |
| Text Book | NCERT Based |
| Class | Plus Two |
| Subject | English Notes |
| Chapter | Chapter 2 |
| Chapter Name | Rice (Poem) |
| Category | Plus Two Kerala |
Kerala Syllabus Plus Two English Notes Unit 4 Chapter 2 Rice (Poem)
Chapter 2 Rice (Poem)
Summary
Chemmanam Chacko’s Rice is a thought provoking poem. After receiving his doctorate, the poet returns from northern India. He does not like North Indian cuisine and wishes to eat rice once he reaches Kerala. When he returns home, he expects to see his father hard at work in the fields. According to the poet, everyone will be busy in the field because it will be the planting season. He wishes the train would go faster so he could meet everyone and eat the rice faster.When he returns to his village, he notices that everything has changed. Rubber trees were planted in the place of rice trees around the city. There are arecanut palms and dealwood trees along with the rubber trees. When he returns home, he finds his father working on a rubber sheeting machine. He is surprised that his father has no reservations about converting rice plants into rubber. According to his father, growing rice is inconvenient and less lucrative than other crops. Since the government distributes rice to those who lack paddy fields, no one wants to grow rice. When the poet's brother arrives with government-supplied food, he discovers that it is made of wheat rather than rice. A plane flies over the poet's residence. He imagines that the Chief Minister is heading to the Center to ask for more wheat. Since the state no longer grows food crops, authorities must rely on grain from other states and the federal government.
Plus Two English Rice Poem Appreciation
The poem "Rice" written by Chemmanam Chacko and translated by Prof.
Ayyappa Paniker is a great satire that cracks down on the greed of
some farmers here. The poem is full of scorn and sarcasm. The son of a
rice farmer travels to northern India to do research on making bowl
toys. For four years he works hard, eats chapatti every day and
finally manages to get his doctorate. He must have thought about
exploring the possibilities of bowls because, as the son of a rice
farmer, he had plenty of bowls at home and also in the houses nearby.
By using shells to make toys, many people could find employment in a
state notorious for unemployment.
But then there's the disappointment. When the son returns home with
his well-deserved PhD in making bowl toys, there is no bowl at all in
or near his house. Farmers had switched to cash crops, particularly
rubber, believing that growing rice was inconvenient and unprofitable.
In addition, numerous incentives for the cultivation of cash crops
were given by the project sponsors. The son finds his father with
people building a machine for making rubber sheets. All the paddy
fields are gone and in their place, he sees gum trees and dealwood
trees.
There is biting sarcasm in the description of the Chief Minister
flying to the centre to ask for more grain to feed the people here.
There is no more rice to eat. People must eat wheat. The son comes
home after four years with the wish to eat his favourite rice
"athirika". But his craving will remain an unfulfilled craving
since he too must eat the wheat ration given to the household. And his
PhD? How can he find shells to make toys?
I wouldn't call it an exquisite poem, comparable to the poems of
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley or Keats. But it can bear comparison
with the poetry of Alexander Pope, who excelled in satire. The poem
has excellent imagery. The poet used a number of Malayalam words in
the poem. The language is colloquial. The stanzas of the poem are
irregular - they range from 2 to 6 lines. It's a prose poem. As a
satirical poem, the style is simple, direct, and clear, in keeping
with the subject matter. Chemmanam Chacko has done a good job of
showing how farmers have transformed from humble folk to smart,
commercially minded people.
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Related Questions
a) Of all the memories of his homeland, the narrator thinks of rice
first. What does this show?
It shows his extreme love for rice. He is a rice eater. For the last 4
years, he has been eating chapattis. Now he is craving rice.
b) What are the memories of the narrator about the paddy cultivating
season?
He remembers his father in the fields below his house. He is wearing a
handloom dhoti stained with yellow mud. He is excited about the water
of the Varanganal canal. He also remembers his little brother carrying
the tender saplings to be planted where the ploughing is done. On the
dyke baskets full of seeds are kept. There is the noise of shouting as
the oxen draw the plough in the field.
c) The narrator wants the train to move a little faster. What
does this tell us about his feeling for his native village?
It tells that he loves his village dearly. He has been missing it for
long. He wants to reach it as quickly as possible. We see his
nostalgic feelings here.
d) What changes in the native village does the narrator notice on
his return.
There are many changes in his native village. The palm-thatched houses are
gone. There are only rubber plants there. There are no rice fields
anymore. There is no noise from people below. No shouts of ploughing. The
whole field is planted with areca nut palms. In the corner, along the
canal, there are the dealwood trees which were not there before.
e) “Can we get some husk from the Centre, too, to make toys with
it?” Bring out the satire in these lines.
The poet had gone to North India and did 4-year research on making toys
with husks. He got a doctoral degree at the end of his research. Now he
comes back to Kerala to find out that there is no more rice cultivation
here and consequently no husk to make toys with. To make toys with husk,
he has to get a husk from the Centre! He did the research to help the
State to find employment and. income.
f) Rubber plants have taken the place of paddy. What does this
imply?
It implies that food crops are replaced by cash/commercial crops.
People don’t any more cultivate their favourite varieties of rice like
athikira, modan and vellaran. Now they survive on their rations which
consist of wheat.
g) “Only fools turn to rice farming for gain.” Why does the father say
so?
The father says so because nobody promotes the farming of rice. Rice
farming was quite inconvenient and the farmer gained nothing. Rubber
brings better money. The government gives rice to those who have no
paddy fields.
h) What does the ship of the sky represent?
It represents the aeroplane, as the ship of the desert represents the
camel.
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- Chapter 3: The Hour of Truth (One-act play)
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- Chapter 2: Didi (Life Writing)
- Chapter 3: Stammer (Poem)
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