Say whether the following statements ae true (T) or false (F) about the bazaars of Hyderabad.

1. The merchants sell lentil and rice.
2. Merchants are different from vendors.
3. The fruitmen sell fruits and vegetables.
4. Musicians play the guitar and the drum.
5. Magicians wake the dead from sleep.

"Where do you sell, O ye merchants?"

1. The stanza that this line is taken from describe different things being sold. What are the things mentioned?
2. Who is selling the wares?
3. What are the colors and shades mentioned in this stanza?
4. Why do you think the poet has used these colors to describe the wares?

"Bells for the feet of blue pigeons
Frail as a dragon-fly's wing
Girdles of gold for the dancers,
Scabbards of gold for the king."

1. Who is the speaker addressing in these lines?
2. Apart from a girdle and scabbards, what else is made from gold?
3. Pick out a simile from the above lines.

"Crowns for the brow of a bridegroom,
Chaplets to garland his bed,
Sheets of white blossoms new-garnered
To perfume the sleep of the dead."

1. What floral ornaments are woven for the bridegroom?
2. What is the significance of the white blossoms?
3. The lines talk about two contrasting events in human life. What are these events?

What are the vendors, maidens and pedlars doing in the bazaar?