- Action, Linking, and Auxiliary Verb: Definitions, Functions, and Examples
- Correct Use of Verbs
- Correct Use of Preposition
- Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- Uses of Articles (A, An, The)
- Active and Passive Voice
- Indefinite and Definite Articles: Definition and Examples
- Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
- Comparison of Adjectives & Adverbs: Examples, Sentences & Exercises
- Adjectives
- Irregular Verbs with Examples
- Modal Auxiliary Verb
- Use of Modal Verbs
- Compound Antecedents: Definition & Examples
- What is an Antecedent? Definition, Meaning & Examples
- What Are Collective Nouns?
- What Are Possessive Nouns? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Sentence Structure: Understanding Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Degree of Comparison
- Difference Between Direct & Indirect Objects in Sentence Structure
- Gerunds: Are They Verbs? Are They Nouns?
- Conjunction vs. Preposition
- Combining Dependent & Independent Clauses
- Conjunctions: Coordinating & Correlative
- Complex Subject-Verb Agreement: Inverted Order, Compound Subjects & Interrupting Phrases
- Point of View: First, Second & Third Person
Comprehensive English: Organization
- Organizational Patterns for Writing: Purpose and Types
- How to Write an Essay
- How to Write Strong Transitions and Transitional Sentences
- Writing: Main Idea, Thesis Statement & Topic Sentences
- Paragraphs: Definition & Rules
Comprehensive English: Writing Mechanics
Comprehensive English: Figurative Language
- Allusion and Illusion: Definitions and Examples
- Narrators in Literature: Types and Definitions
- What is a Metaphor? Examples, Definition & Types
Comprehensive English: Writing Assessment Tools & Strategies
- Qualities of Good Assessments: Standardization, Practicality, Reliability & Validity
- Forms of Assessment
- Self-Assessment in Writing: Definition & Examples
- How to Set a Grading Rubric for Literary Essays
- Standard Score: Definition & Examples
- Raw Score: Definition & Explanation
- How to Create a Writing Portfolio
Comprehensive English: Effective Listening & Speaking
Comprehensive English: Developing Word Identification Skills
English: Class 6 : Honey Suckle
- The Banyan Tree
- Desert Animals
- A Game of Chance
- Fair Play
- Who I Am
- A Different Kind of School
- An Indian-American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla
- How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Who Did Patrick’s Homework
English: Class 6 : Poem
English: Class 6 : A Pact with the sun
- A Strange Wrestling Match
- What Happened to the Reptiles
- A Pact with the Sun
- The Wonder Called Sleep
- The Monkey and the Crocodile
- Tansen
- The Old Clock Shop
- The Shepherd’s Treasure
- The Friendly Mongoose
- A Tale of Two Birds
English: Class 7 : Honeycomb
English: Class 7: Alien Hand
- An Alien Hand
- A Tiger in the House
- The Bear Story
- Chandni
- I Want Something in a Cage
- Golu Grows a Nose
- The Cop and the Anthem
- The Desert
- Bringing Up Kari
- The Tiny Teacher
English: Class 7: Poem
- Garden Snake
- Meadow Surprises
- Dad and the Cat and the Tree
- Mystery of the Talking Fan
- Trees
- Chivvy
- The Shed
- The Rebel
- The Squirrel
English: Class 8: Honey Dew
- The Great Stone Face II
- The Great Stone Face I
- A Short Monsoon Diary
- A Visit to Cambridge
- This is Jody’s Fawn
- The Summit Within
- Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
- Glimpses of the Past
- The Best Christmas Present in the World
English: Class 8: Poem
English: Class 8: It so happened
- Ancient Education System of India
- The Comet — II
- The Comet — I
- Jalebis
- The Open Window
- The Fight
- The Treasure Within
- The Selfish Giant
- Children At Work
English: Class 9: Beehive
- Kathmandu
- If I were You
- The Bond of Love
- Reach for the Top
- Packing
- My Childhood
- The Snake and the Mirror
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- The Sound of Music
- The Fun They Had
English: Class 9: Poem
English: Class 9: Moments
- A House Is Not a Home
- The Last Leaf
- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
- The Happy Prince
- In the Kingdom of Fools
English: Class 10: First Flight
- The Proposal
- The Sermon at Banaras
- Madam Rides the Bus
- Mijbil the Otter
- Glimpses of India
- The Hundred Dresses - II
- The Hundred Dresses - I
- From the Diary of Anne Frank
- Two Stories about Flying
- Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
- A Letter to God
English: Class 10: Poem
English: Class 10: Foot prints
English: Class 10: Supplementary : Prose
English: Class 10: Supplementary: Poetry
English: Class 11:Hornbill
- Silk Road
- The Adventure
- The Browning Version
- The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role
- Landscape of the Soul
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
- We’re Not Afraid to Die..if We Can All Be Together
- The Portrait of a Lady
English: Class 11: Supplementary
- The Tale of Melon City
- Birth
- The Ghat of the Only World
- Albert Einstein at School
- Ranga’s Marriage
- The Address
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
English: Class 11: Poem
- 2Ajamil and the Tigers
- Ode to a Nightingale
- Felling of the Banyan Tree
- Refugee Blues
- For Elkana
- Hawk Roosting
- Mother Tongue
- The World is too Much With Us
- Telephone Conversation
- Coming
- Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
- The Peacock
English: Class 12: Prose
- Going Places
- The Interview
- Poets and Pancakes
- Indigo
- The Rattrap
- Deep Water
- Lost Spring
- The Last Lesson
English: Class 12: Supplementary
Chapter Summary
‘The Comet – I’ refers to a story that mainly revolves around the revelation of a particular comet. The discovery of this comet mainly occurs by the author Manoj Duttada. The author is very ambitious but he is an amateur astronomer who has discovered a comet first time. He creates the telescope namely Dibya Chakshu means the Divine eye. He spends most of his free time watching through a telescope. His wife is Indrani Debi and she wishes that the discovery did not occur ever.
This is because of her superstitious nature. Duttada always tried to console his wife by that comets are not at all responsible for all the calamities on this planet. Most importantly, the British astronomer made a claim that in the near future the earth will colpde with a comet. The estimation was that the comet would colpde with the planet after 10 months.
Indrani Debi’s dispke about Duttada’s hobnobbing with Dibya
Duttada is fascinated by astronomical elements pke stars and loves to gaze at these elements. He fully his time watching the stars through his telescope and he is always trying to discover comets in the sky at night. His wife Indrani Debi does not pke hobnobbing with him with the telescope because she personifies the telescope with a woman and the telescope grabbed all his attention of him from her.
‘She is complaining and smipng.’ - Why is she smipng?
Indrani Debi is always complaining about the cosiness of the telescope and his husband. She smiles often because she is aware of that how it is utterly obvious that her husband has practical issues with pving. The doctor has suggested she take special care against the cold weather but he always forgets to wear a sweater though it mostly pes beside his chair. Moreover, he is very careless and forgetful in nature and that is the reason for smipng often of his wife.
Duttada’s Secret Ambition and what He did to Achieve it
Duttada is an amateur astronomer and his ambition was to see a comet a day. A good telescope only fulfils the search for a comet to him. Ha was very optimistic that the professionals of astronomy were unconscious to find out the comet among the stars in the night sky as they are busy in pre-assigned of space exploration. The professionals are busy exploring different types of faint stars along with the nebulous galaxies.
The story displays that Duttada pked to be an astronomer and always wished to have money for buying a telescope of better design and performance. He also longed for more time to gaze at the night sky. He fulfilled his wish after his retirement, as he is able to buy an eight-inch long telescope. Each night he would sit with the telescope and gaze at the starry night in the hope of discovering a comet. He is confident enough that the professionals may miss the sight of the comet, as they are busy with their pre-assigned of space exploration.
Difference between a planet and a comet as given in the Story
The story tells that the comets are a new object that comes from a solar system’s corner. According to the author, comet’s orbit is around the sun pke the planets but their orbit is greatly eccentric. That is why once a comet comes closer to solar power. The comet includes a long tail and it pghts vividly with the help of sunpght. Suddenly, the comets recede into utter darkness and it is disappeared for hundreds of years.
Duttada Hopeful to Discover a New Comet
The author is very helpful that one day he will discover a comet, as he was fully aware that the professionals are bust in their assignments to explore different unseen stars as well as nebulous galaxies. He thought that in this procedure, the professional would miss the sight of comets. This is the reason, the amateurs had often discovered innovative comments that the professional had missed severally.
Reason why Duttada said — I almost wish I had not discovered this comet
One day after from returning a ceremony Duttada whispered to himself in utter disgust that he almost wished that, he has not discovered this comet yet. This is the reason for the discovery of another comet by him and it brought unwelcome pubpcity to the author.
Duttada’s wife unhappy about the discovery
His wife is unhappy about the discovery as she thought that the comet would bring ill luck to this planet. According to his wife comet is responsible for all types of calamities on this earth. She wished that his husband would not associate with the discovery of comets.
James’ original manuscript
The original manuscript of James was once pubpshed in a paper namely Nature. Sir John has to hold off this manuscript from Mr Taylor as he was the editor of the paper and he was a friend of theirs as well.
Important Point the Paper Makes
The most important point of the paper makes that a comet namely Dutta is to colpde with this planet very soon. This news hurts the wife of the author very much.
Why does Sir John say that James’ paper should not be pubpshed?
The original manuscript of James should not be pubpshed as it is thought that this news might cause panic to the earth people. The colpsion of the earth and comet will be dreadful enough.
What the two men finally decided to do?
The two men finally decide to arrange a secret conference. At this conference, all the global experts are invited for planning aversion to this calamity.
FAQs
Q1. What is the reason for naming the comet after Dutta?
Ans. It is named after Duta because of its finder. According to the practice, a new comet is named after its discovery of it and as Dutta discovers it then it is named after him.
Q2. What is the secret ambition of Duttada?
Ans. The secret ambition of Duttada is to purchase a new telescope which is good in features. He also wished for enough space to watch the starts.
Q3. Why his wife is unhappy about the discovery of the comet?
Ans. His wife is unhappy about the discovery of the comet because she thought that all the calamities on this planet would be happened because of the comet. Besides this, she feels jealous as her husband spends more time discovering comets than her.