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A Phoenix Rises (Twinkle Khanna)
English · Kerala SSLC (Class 10) · English Medium · 34 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: Who wrote the story in 'A Phoenix Rises', and what else does the lesson include?
- A: Twinkle Khanna wrote the story about Bablu (adapted from 'A Sanitary Man from a Sanitary Land'). The lesson also has an interview with Arunachalam Muruganantham.
- Q: What is the genre of 'A Phoenix Rises'?
- A: Life writing, in two parts: a story by Twinkle Khanna and an interview with Padma Shri Arunachalam Muruganantham.
- Q: What does the mythical 'phoenix' symbolise?
- A: Rebirth and renewal - a bird that rises again from its own ashes.
- Q: Who is 'Bablu' in Twinkle Khanna's story based on?
- A: Arunachalam Muruganantham, the 'Pad Man' of India, who invented low-cost machines for making sanitary napkins.
- Q: Why is the title 'A Phoenix Rises' appropriate?
- A: Because the person in the story rises from failure, ridicule and hardship to great success, like a phoenix.
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