Read the following passage from ‘Tea-shops in Malayalam Cinema’ and
answer the questions that follow.
The tea-shop represents a time and space free from the drudgery of work, and
therefore teems with a wide cross-section of society. Along with genial villagers,
one also finds local toughs, political workers and, of course, a host of strangers
at the tea-shop. The sheer variety of the customers and the possible activities -
reading newspapers, exchanging local news, discussing politics, gossiping or
just chatting - makes the tea-shop an ideal place to reveal the ‘messages’ and
concerns of the film. In every film which depicts the conflict between the
individual/family and society, the tea-shop, one can say, is a prominent
character.
1. Why is ‘tea-shop’ a favourite space for many customers?
2. What purpose do tea-shop scenes serve in films?
3. The variety of food served in a local tea-shop is very limited. But it offers
other two varieties. What are they?
4. Cite an instance each from the passage in which the linking word ‘and’
connects two noun phrases.
5. Find out from the passage the word which is opposite in meaning to ‘conceal’.
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