KSEEB Class 9 · English (1st language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25
Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 9 English.
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About the author
Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004) was a foundational figure of modern Indian English poetry. Born in Mumbai to a Jewish family, he satirised Indian English speech with affection, not cruelty. "Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S." mimics a farewell speech at an office or club - warm, rambling, and comic.
Summary
The speaker tells friends they gathered to say goodbye to Miss Pushpa T.S., going abroad.
The speaker tells friends they gathered to say goodbye to Miss Pushpa T.S., going abroad.
He praises her sweetness, helpfulness, and smiling face with repetitive, exaggerated courtesy.
He praises her sweetness, helpfulness, and smiling face with repetitive, exaggerated courtesy.
Speech wanders to her family, father in Bulsar, relatives in America - all "first-class."
Speech wanders to her family, father in Bulsar, relatives in America - all "first-class."
Unusual prepositions and formal phrases create comic rhythm familiar to Indian readers.
Unusual prepositions and formal phrases create comic rhythm familiar to Indian readers.
Despite errors, genuine fondness shows - Pushpa is liked, party is sincere if clumsy.
Despite errors, genuine fondness shows - Pushpa is liked, party is sincere if clumsy.
The poem ends still praising, leaving readers smiling at language and social ritual.
The poem ends still praising, leaving readers smiling at language and social ritual.
Hard words & meanings
| satire | mocking style to expose folly gently |
| digression | departure from main subject in speech |
| pretension | attempt to appear more important than one is |
| exaggeration | saying more than strict truth for effect |
| affectionate | showing warm feeling even while joking |
| oratory | formal speech-making skill |
| inflated | made larger or more grand than necessary |
| colloquial | informal language of daily life |
| bilingual | using two language systems - English and Indian idioms |
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