Question

Read the lines “My father says ……….. quite inconvenient”. 

Cite other instances of satire in the poem.

Answer 1

• “Only fools turn to rice-farming for gain.” 
• “The government gives rice to those who don’t have paddy fields.”
• The narrator wants to eat athirika rice but his younger brother is bringing the ration for the household which consists of only wheat! 
• The Chief Minister flying like an arrow to the Centre to clamour for more gains. 
• Can we get some husk from the Centre, too, to makes toys with it?” This is the bitterest satire because he has a doctorate on making toys with husk.