Class 10 English — Chapter 8: Bholi

What you'll learn

• ▸Bholi's Challenging Childhood
• ▸The Reluctant Decision for Schooling
• ▸The Teacher's Transformative Influence
• ▸Education as a Source of Hope
• ▸The Unsuitable Marriage Proposal
• ▸The Dowry Demand and Humiliation
• ▸Bholi's Assertion of Dignity
• ▸Theme: Education as Empowerment

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 8 Bholi From her very childhood Bholi was neglected at home. Why did her teacher take special interest in her? Did Bholi measure up to her teacher's expectations? READ AND FIND OUT • Why is Bholi's father worried about her? • For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school? HER name was Sulekha, but since her childhood everyone had been calling her Bholi, the simpleton. She was the fourth daughter of Numberdar Ramlal. When she was ten months old, she had fallen off the cot on her head and perhaps it had damaged some part of her brain. That was why she remained a backward child and came to be known as Bholi, the simpleton. At birth, the child was very fair and pretty. But when she was two years old, she had an attack of small-pox. Only the eyes were saved, but the entire body was permanently disfigured by deep black pock- marks. Little Sulekha could not speak till she was five, and when at last she learnt to speak, she stammered. The other children often made fun of h…

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Did you know?

• 💡 The world's oldest university, the University of al-Qarawiyyin, was founded in 859 AD in Morocco.
• 💡 Many famous people, including Winston Churchill, successfully managed their stammer.
• 💡 Your brain forms new connections and pathways every time you learn something new.
• 💡 Smallpox, which disfigured Bholi, was eradicated globally in 1980 through vaccination efforts.
• 💡 Studies show that having supportive teachers significantly improves a child's academic success.

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