- The passage provides a summary of the short story "A Baker from Goa" which describes the traditional role of village bakers in Goan culture. - It discusses how the bakers, called "Paders," still play an important cultural role in Goa by providing bread despite the Portuguese leaving long ago. They would wake the children each morning with the jingling of their bamboo baskets. - The story reminisces about the narrator's childhood excitement of seeing the baker and getting bread bangles from his basket, showing how baked goods remain deeply ingrained in Goan festivals and traditions.

1. CLASS-10
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
(FIRST FLIGHT)
A BAKER FROM GOA

4. • Lucio Rodrigues (1916-73) was a great
Konkani essayist.
• He wrote several articles in English and
Konkani to various periodicals and
magazines.
• He served as the visiting professor of
Folklore at many universities and also
as a professor of English in Mumbai
and Goa.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR…..

5. The first part is a pen-
portrait of a traditional
Goan village baker or
pader who still has an
important place in
Goan culture although
the Portuguese have
left India long the back.

7. UNFAMILIAR WORDS :
Reminiscing nostalgically - thinking fondly of
the past
Heralding - announcing
Pader- word for baker in Portuguese language
'Paskine' or 'Bastine‘ - name of the maid-
servant of the house

8. • This is a pen portrait of the traditional Goan village baker, who is
still remembered by Goans.
• A Baker from Goa’ revolves around the relevance of a baker in the
Goan culture which dates back to the time when Portuguese ruled
over the city of Goa.
• The Portuguese may have left but the bread-makers continue to
have an inevitable stature.
• In this story, the author recalls his childhood days and their
excitement on seeing the baker.
• The mixers, moulders and their time-tested furnaces continue to
serve the people of Goa with their famous bread loaves.
• It was the maid-servant of the house who collected the loaves
while children sorted out the bread bangles for themselves.
VALUE POINTS

9. UNFAMILIAR WORDS :
Bol – a wedding sweet
(a kind of cookies)
Bolinhas - cake-like
cookies

10. VALUE POINTS
• They were enthusiastic to the point that they would run to
him as soon as they woke up without even brushing their
teeth.
• They talk how the importance of bakers is still maintained in
their villages even after the Portuguese have left. They are
known as ‘Paders’ in Goa.
• Bakery products have importance in the culture and
traditions of Goa.
• Bol or sweet bread is a part of marriage gifts, cakes and
Bolinhas or coconut cookies are eaten at every festival and the
lady of the house prepares sandwiches at her daughter’s
engagement.

11. Kabai - The baker or
bread seller's dress of
Goa
UNFAMILIAR WORDS :

12. VALUE POINTS
• Earlier bakers wore a unique frock of knee-length known
as ‘kabai’ but during the narrator’s childhood days, they
wore a shirt and trousers of length slightly shorter than
the usual ones.
• They generally collected their bills at the end of every
month.
• Bakery has continued to be a profitable profession,
managing to keep their families joyous and prosperous.

13. • The Portuguese in Goa were lovers of bread.
• Those eaters of bread have now gone but its makers still
exist.
• During the childhood days of the narrator, a baker used to be
their friend, companion and guide.
• The baker came twice a day- once in the morning and again
while returning home after finishing his selling.
• The jingling thud of the baker’s bamboo woke up the
sleeping children.
• The loaves were delivered to the servants of the house.
SUMMARY

14. • The children would peep into the baker’s basket for the
bread bangles. The children would eat bread with hot tea.
• The marriages were incomplete without the popular bol
bread.
• Bolinhas was a must during Christmas and all other
festivals.
• The bakers wore a particular knee length frock known as
kabai.
• Baking was a profitable profession. Bakers had a plump
physique testifying to this.
• The bakers collected their bills at the end of the month.
SUMMARY

15. ASSIGNMENT
1. What did the bakers wear when the
author was young ?
2. How did the baker attract the children ?
3. Give reasons to support author’s view that
Baking was considered essential in a
traditional Goan village.
I. Answer the following questions in 20-30
words :

16. I. Answer the following questions in 100-
120 words :
ASSIGNMENT
1. Describe the childhood memories of the
author’s time in Goa and his fondness for
breads and cakes ?
2. How can a baker be recognized? Comment
on the significance of a bread baker in a
traditional Goan village ?

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