Silk Road & Father to Son — Syllabus
CBSE · Class 11 · English
What Silk Road & Father to Son covers in CBSE Class 11 English: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session. Part of the CBSE Class 11 English syllabus.
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Topics in Silk Road & Father to Son
Silk Road: Main Ideas and Travel Experience
- The narrator travels towards Mount Kailash to complete the kora.
- Lhamo gives the narrator a long-sleeved sheepskin coat as a farewell gift before he leaves Ravu.
- Tsetan drives the narrator across the Changtang and calls him 'drokba, sir'.
Silk Road: Characters and Their Roles
- Nick Middleton is the author and first-person narrator.
- Lhamo shows kindness by giving a warm coat.
- Tsetan is the driver, practical and skilled at handling difficult roads.
Silk Road: Important Symbols, Contrasts, and Themes
- Mount Kailash stands for sacredness and spiritual purpose.
- Lake Manasarovar is treated as a holy place.
- The journey shows the power of nature through snow, cold, altitude, and rocky terrain.
Father to Son: Main Ideas and Emotional Conflict
- The speaker is the father, not the son.
- The father does not understand his child even though they have lived together for years.
- The child is built to the father's design, yet the father cannot share what the child loves.
Key Concepts
Central concept: Journeys of distance and emotional gap
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- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
- CBSE Academic — cbseacademic.nic.in
- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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