NCERT Solutions for class 12 English Prose Chapter Chapter 6: Poets and Pancakes

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Poets and Pancakes can be found below. This lesson is a selected portion of the book 'My Years With The Boss', written by the Tamil writer Asokamitran. In this part of the book, the author talks about the golden days of the Gemini Studio. He also talked about the people and things that were an undeniable part of the studio to stay at its best.


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Poets and Pancakes Summary

The Chapter begins with the author talking about Gemini Studio. He further goes on by discussing the pancakes. Pancakes were an essential make-up in those days, and a lot of movie stars have used it, hence the studio used to buy those in truckloads.

  • The author mentioned a studio-boy, whose job was to do make-up for the crowds in the films. That studio-boy was actually a poet who had joined the studio with the dreams of being an actor, screenwriter, or lyricist, as there were no important jobs for the poets in those days.
  • Subbu was another studio worker about whom the poet used to complain about in front of the author. Subbu was a Brahmin, but that was not the reason for his popularity. He was sincere, resourceful, and loyal. Subbu was also a poet yet he was a logical and neutral person.
  • The author now moved on with the story of how Gemini Studio got a chance to host an international performing group that includes some well known international artists.
  • The poet Stephen Spender was one of the internationally acclaimed poets who visited Gemini Studio in those days.
  • The author remembers those days as he found a cheap copy of the book written by the same poet years later. In this part of the lesson, the author also expressed his idea and learnings of Communism.

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