GRADE 8

1. RAMAYANA
 Epic of Ancient India
 Narrates the life of Rama

2. PANCHATANTRA
 Ancient Indian collection of
interrelated animal fables
 Based on older oral tradition

3. KALIDASA
 Widely regarded as the
greatest poet and
dramatist in the Sanskrit
language of India.

4. SAVITRI
 Hindu goddess
 Wife of Brahma, wife of
Shiva, daughter of
Daksha

5. MAHATMA GANDHI
 An Indian lawyer, anti-
nationalist, and political
ethicist

6. VEDA VYASA
 Traditionally
acknowledged for
creating the
“Mahabharata.”

7. VALMIKI
 A harbinger-poet in
Sanskrit literature
 Author of “Ramayana”

8. VISHNU SHARMA
 An Indian scholar and
author of “Panchatantra”

10. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE
TITLE?

11. WORD BANK

12. DEPTH
 Deepness, drop

13. DREARY
 Causing unhappiness or sad feeling

14.  A broken part or piece of something
FRAGMENTS

15.  Relating to or originating within a country
and especially one’s own country
DOMESTIC

16.  Long and not wide
 Limited in range or amount
NARROW

17. Rabindranath Tagore
- He was born in Calcutta, India
- First Indian who won Nobel Prize in
literature in 1913
- He reshaped Bengali’s literature and
music
- A polymath, poet, musician, and
artist

19.  Written in 1913
 Represents Tagore's vision of a new awakened India
 It was translated in English language in 1912
 Meaning: Asking god to awake his fellow beings for the
realization that they need to live in a free and united country.
He wants his countrymen to awake and enjoy the life of full
dignity and honour.

20. VALUES TO LEARN:
 Always aim and seek for freedom
 Be aware and sensitive with your surrounding
 Be an active part of society
 Be good to people especially those in need

22. INTERPRETATION

27. LET US ANALYZE SOME LINES!
 BROKEN INTO FRAGMENTS
- The world is not united

28.  NARROW DOMESTIC WALLS
- People raise barriers base on differences

29.  WORDS COME OUT FROM THE DEPTH
OF TRUTH
- People must be truthful to each other

30.  TIRELESS STRIVING STRETCHES ITS
ARMS TOWARDS PERFECTION
- Need for a progress of a nation as a whole

31. V