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The music of the flute enchanted Vikram and he could not go away
from there. He finds flute music to be the most universal sound.
Flutes are played in many regions and have different names and
varieties like the Shakuhachi in Japan, the deep bansuri of
Hindustani classical music, the clear, breathy flutes in South
America and the high - pitched flutes in China. Each flute has a
different way to play it and the sound varies in pitch and depth. The
sound that merges out of a flute is the most common sound, i.e.,
the sound of human voice. As the bansuri is played by the mouth,
the player exhales into the flute to produce music and when he
pauses to take a breath, the music of the flute also stops.

That I can be so affected by a few familiar phrases on the bansuri,
surprises me at first, for on the previous occasions that I have returned
home after a long absence abroad, I have hardly noticed such details,
and certainly have not invested them with the significance I now do.

He is surprised that he is deeply influenced by the sounds of the
bansuri. Never before has he noticed something in such depth as
he noticed the flute seller and his wares.

NCERT QUESTIONS

Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases.(
to be written in note book)
1. Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu.

A. The author visited the Pashupatinath and the Baudhnath temples in
Kathmandu.

2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does „all
this‟ refer to?

A. „All this‟ refers to all the food items - the marzipan bar and the corn on
the cob that he ate.

3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine?

A. Vikram Seth compares the flutes protruding out of the flute - seller‟s
pole to the quills of a porcupine.

4. Name five kinds of flutes.