Glimpses of India

India brings to mind many different people and places — crowded cities, villages, mountains, beaches, forests, rivers, temples, fields, and markets. It also brings to mind people in many kinds of dress, speaking different languages, and living different ways of life. The chapter shows that our country is varied and beautiful.

I may have visited or lived in different parts of India such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Assam, Karnataka, or Tamil Nadu. Popular tourist destinations include Agra, Jaipur, Goa, Shimla, Kashmir, Darjeeling, Kerala backwaters, and Coorg.

French influence is seen in places like Puducherry (Pondicherry), and Portuguese influence is seen in Goa and parts of Daman and Diu. The chapter especially mentions the Portuguese influence in Goa.

From the chapter, tea is grown in Assam and Darjeeling, and Coorg is described as coffee country. So tea-growing regions are Assam and Darjeeling, while coffee is grown in Coorg and other southern hill regions.

The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the old Portuguese days and the famous loaves of bread made then.

Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. The chapter says that mixers, moulders and bakers still exist, the traditional baker's bamboo can still be heard in some places, and even today bakers are known as pader in Goa. This shows that the profession still survives.

The baker is called pader in Goa.

The baker used to come at least twice a day — once in the morning on his selling round and again when he returned after emptying his basket. The children ran to meet him not for the loaves, but for the bread-bangles and sometimes special sweet bread that they liked.

From the chapter, the correct matching is:
- (i) as marriage gifts — sweet bread called bol
- (ii) for a party or a feast — bread
- (iii) for a daughter's engagement — sandwiches
- (iv) for Christmas — cakes and bolinhas