Class 7 What are Friends for? CQ Question Solution PDF

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Have you heard the song 'Kotha Ko' by Shezan? While singers from earlier generations were often too afraid to use music as a form of protest, artists like Shezan and Hannan have courageously spoken out. Their rap songs became anthems of the July Uprising in 2024. The new generation is no longer afraid; they are brave and different. But how do we make sense of the difference? What defines different generations? And what are the connections that link them across time?

Although generational labels are rooted in Western ideas and may not universally apply, they can sometimes offer a useful framework for understanding changing social dynamics. The idea of naming generations started in the early 20th century with the 'Lost Generation'. This referred to those who suffered the aftermath of World War I and the Great Depression.

The naming practice continued with Generation X and then Millennials, eventually reaching Generation Z. Generation Z is a group that grew up entirely in the digital age - the first to zoom into the internet.

Growing up with social media, a mobile internet, and a lot of information, Gen Z experiences a paradox: hyperconnected yet often isolated, digitally adept but frequently anxious, free yet persistently stressed. They have also witnessed transformative global events - climate crises, political turmoils like the Ukraine-Russia war and the genocide in Palestine that shape the world they are supposed to inherit.

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In Bangladesh, the struggle for progress has long been a part of each generation. If the freedom fighters of 1971-largely part of the Baby Boomer generation - helped liberate the country, their struggle laid the groundwork for the 1980s' fight for democracy against autocracy.

Today's young generation born around 2000, carries this legacy forward. The 2018 road safety protests and the brutal crackdown that followed marked a significant shift in Gen Z's consciousness, sharpening their political awareness and reshaping the role of media in their world.

Consequently, the 2024 uprising was led by this generation, who realized the ineffectiveness of political establishments and grew increasingly frustrated with the status quo.

The July Uprising of 2024 signals an urgent call for adaptation. Outdated methods can no longer meet the challenges of today's world. To truly support Gen Z's ambitions, we need concrete steps, as political rhetoric has failed them. Only with this commitment can the vision and energy of this generation be given the support they deserve.

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Mrs Nazma and Mr Joynul Ali live in a small village with their daughters, Mitu aged 7 and Nitu aged 5. Joynul is a carpenter. He is hired by the villagers to make chairs, tables, pira (low stool) and other furniture. He is also asked to do small repair work. But Joynul does not find work every day. He lives from hand to mouth.

Nazma does all the work at home from morning to night, rain or shine. Sometimes she sits with Mitu and Nitu, and teaches them Bangla and English alphabets and some rnumbers. They do not go to school. Nazma could study only up to class 5. Joynul could not study.

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P.B. Shelley was born on August 4, 1792 at Sussex in England. At the age of twelve, he was sent to Eton, one of the best schools in England, where he began to write. At the age of eighteen, his first work was published. The same year he entered into the University of Oxford. But the next year, he was expelled from the Oxford for writing a pamphlet named "The Necessity of Atheism". He married Harriet West Bark in 1812. Two years after marriage, a daughter was born to them. When he was twenty three, his grandfather died and he inherited. a vast property. Shelley is known for his lyric poetry. His famous lyric 'Ode to the West Wind' was written in 1819. Next year, both the poems 'The Cloud' and 'To A Skylark' were written. He died a premature death only at the age of thirty by a boat capsize.

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Mother Teresa is a dedicated soul like Sister Nibedita. Both of them were originally foreigners, but made this region their home. Teresa was born in 1910 at Skopje, a small village in Macedonia (then Yogoslavia). Her earlier name was Agnes. At eighteen, she decided to become a nun; so she came to India in 1928 and became an Indian citizen. Thus though she was an Albanian, she became an Indian by choice. She started her life in Kolkata as a teacher in a convent school, but soon the mother in her cried for the suffering of the poor and the downtrodden. Her "Nirmal Hridoy" at Kalighat became the shelter of the suffering people. Her activities have now been spread all over the world. In 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was awarded 'Bharat Ratna Award' for the year 1980. It was very surprising that even at a ripe old age she intensely did her selfless service for mankind, irrespective of caste and creed. She breathed her last on 5th September, 1997 at the age of 87.