glimpses of india

SUMMARY OF GLIMSES OF INDIA:                                         Glimpses of India is a prose of Class 10 English that has three parts:  “I. A Baker from Goa”, “II. Coorg” and “III. Tea from Assam” . Glimpses of India Part 1: A Baker from Goa Summary:   This story is written by Lucio Rodrigues who talked about Goa that was once ruled by the Portuguese. Due to this reason, the people of the region are swayed by the Portuguese culture. Baking was the conventional profession of the Goan people and the bakers were known as ‘paders’ there. This story particularly revolves around the bakers living in a Goan village. The author mentioned how people in old times ate loaves of bread which were baked in large furnaces. The paders would come to sell those loaves in the street and would make a jingling sound with the bamboo whenever they arrived. He further added how the villagers enj...