10th English The Concert Lesson Summary in English and Kannada
The Concert Lesson Summary in English
There lived a family in Gaganpur. Smita was sixteen years old. She had a brother called Anant who was fifteen years old. She had good parents. It was a small family of four members.
Anant was the best table-tennis player in the school and the fastest runner. He also took sitar lessons along with his sister Smita. He was better than her in many things. He composed his own musical tunes which astonished his guru. Really he was fond of music and a true love of sitar. His fame grew in leaps and bounds, but his fate had its cruel hand. Cancer the fatal disease struck him and the family was worried.
The parents went to Bombay with Anant to get treatment and they lived with Aunt Sushila. The members of the family believed that Anant would be cured and he would begin his activities as it was earlier. But Anant’s condition grew worse and the doctors told the parents to take Anant home and make him happy by providing him whatever he wanted or needed. The members of the family kept it secret and went on as usual and fulfilled his desires. Smita had known the frightening truth that her brother was going to die but she pretended that all would be well.
One day Smita came to know (from reading news paper) that Pandit Ravishankar would be coming there for his concert programme at Shanmukh- ananda Auditorium. She was really excited and told the news to her mother. Her mother told her to say it silents as Anant was sleeping but Anant woke up when he came to know about the concert of Pandit Ravishankar and expressed his desire to go and see him.
The very arrival of Pandit Ravishankar gave him new strength but his mother consoled him. Anant told, “It is the chance of a life time”. It is the only chance that he could get that is listening to Sitar Maestro. Smita also heard it but was worried. She thought of fulfilling the desire of her brother.
She went to the concert along with her father and Anant knew that it was not possible for him to go. So he said, “Enjoy yourself’. Smita enjoyed the music. She felt as if the gates of enchantment and wonder were opening. She listened to the unfolding ragas but at the same time
she remembered the desire of her brother. It was an excellent concert an the audience gave the artists a standing ovation. A large moustached made a long boring speech. It was followed by the presentation of bouquets. Then the people started coming out. Smita decided to meet the Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravishankar.
She went up the steps and didn’t hesitate. Pandit Ravishankar was standing with the great wizard of music Ustad Allah Rakha. She went to him and folded her hands and burst out telling the story of her brother to them. At that time the moustached man told her not to disturb Pandit Ravishankar. But Pandit Ravishankar understood everything.
He talked with Ustad Allah Rakha who agreed readily and went to Smita’s home. They began their concert. Anant was awake breathing the oxygen from the cylinder. They played for the boy who was very happy and his life went out of him gently. Smith felt relieved as she fulfilled Anant’s ambition or his last wish.
The Concert Lesson Summary in Kannada
The Concert Lesson About the Author
Shantha Rameshwar Rao, was born in 1924. She is an Indian writer of myths, legends, folk tales, short stories, and picture books for children. She has retold tales from Indian scriptures and reworked folk tales and myths from little- known tribal communities and far-flung areas of India.
In Tales of Ancient India (1960) she retells original stories like “How the Stork Got Its Long Neck” and “Why Snakes Have Forked. Tongues.” Children’s Mahabharata (1968) and In Worship of Shiva (1998), drawn from Hindu myth and scripture, have demons, gods, and humans as characters. She stresses the importance of wise action in our public as well as private life.
The Concert Lesson Word Meanings
- Pandit Ravishankar : An Indian musician, composer and a sitar player
- excited : feeling or showing happiness and enthusiasm
- maestro : a great performer, especially a ‘ musician
- sprang : moved quickly and suddenly towards a particular place
- with a catch in her throat : with a feeling of great sorrow
- unbidden : (usually used after the verb ) without being asked, invited or expected
- self-reproach : a blame or criticism against ‘ oneself herself
- gravely : seriously
- pretend : to behave in a particular way, in order to make other people believe something that is not true
- astonishment : a feeling of a very great surprise
- miracle : an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and is believed to be caused by God
- hung in the air : worrying some one
- choked voice : voice filled with sadness
- enchantment : a feeling of great pleasure
- ovation : enthusiastic clapping by an audience who stand up from their seats as a sign of their
- appreciation
- wriggle : to twist and turn the body or part of it with quick short movements
- wizard : a person who is especially good at some art or achievement
- bother : trouble or worry
- Allah Rakha : An Indian tabla player. A frequent accompanist to Pandit Ravishankar
- block : a tall building that has flats