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C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. Hindi movie Naache Mayuri was inspired by Sudha Chandran’s life story.

2. Sudha Chandran is a well-known Kathak dancer.

3. The accident occurred when she was only eighteen years old.

4. Sudha and her mother were on their way to Mumbai when the accident took place.
5. Her right leg had to be amputated from about eight centimetres below her knee.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Who is Sudha Chandran and what happened with her?

2. Why had her right leg to be amputated?

3. Why did Dr Pramod Sethi tell Sudha that she would be able to dance again while he replied to
her father in the negative?

4. How did Dr Pramod Sethi help Sudha to perform on the stage again?
5. Which film was made on her life?

E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Unfortunately, the wounds on her right leg were covered with Plaster of Paris, when they
should have been left open. Gangrene set in. Her entire body turned blue. It was then a
question of life or limb. Eventually, her right leg had to be amputated from around eight
centimetres below her knee. Her life fell apart as she had just embarked upon a sparkling
career in Bharatanatyam. But, given her fortitude, she refused to accept defeat. She vowed to
walk again, and that too without crutches.

1. Why did gangrene set into the wounds of Sudha Chandran’s right leg?
2. What did the doctors decide to do with Sudha’s right leg?

3. Which ambition of Sudha was shattered?

4. What did Sudha vow to do?

5. Find out the synonyms of these words:
(a) amputate (b) fortitude

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a paragraph. Listen to him/her carefully and answer the following
questions.

1. Who was Florence Nightingale?

2. Why didn’t her parents like her choice?

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