NCERT Solutions for Class 9th English Chapter 3 Winds of Change
Updated on 2026-09-08
About this chapter
Winds of Change (prose, pages 69–85): the word pankha comes from pankh , ‘feather of a bird’; pankhi was the small plumed fan of ancient India, seen in the Buddhist wall paintings at Ajanta that “date back to the 2nd century CE”. Pankhas fanned deities in temples and kings in royal courts, and ranged “from a tiny two inch one to large ones requiring a person’s full arm strength”. The chapter’s method is a survey by region, and its argument is that material equals identity: “The structure of each fan reflects the cultural core of the region that crafts it.” Rajasthan gives appliqué, zardozi, engraved brass temple fans and painted cardboard fans; Gujarat gives mirror-work cotton, bead fans with silver handles and Kutch’s hand-stitched leather; Bengal gives sola and Tal Patar Pankha ; Uttar P
- Winds of Change (prose)
- Canvas of Soil (poem)
Exercises
- Winds of Change (prose) — Reflect and Respond Page 69–70
- Winds of Change (prose) — Check Your Understanding Page 73–74
- Winds of Change (prose) — Critical Reflection Page 74–76
- Winds of Change (prose) — Vocabulary and Structures in Context Page 76–79
- Winds of Change (prose) — Listen and Respond Page 79
- Winds of Change (prose) — Speaking Activity Page 80
- Winds of Change (prose) — Writing Task Page 80
- Winds of Change (prose) — Learning Beyond the Text Page 80–85
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Reflect and Respond Page 86–87
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Check Your Understanding Page 87–89
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Critical Reflection Page 89–91
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Vocabulary in Context Page 92
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Listen and Respond Page 93–94
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Speaking Activity Page 94
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Writing Task Page 94
- Canvas of Soil (poem) — Learning Beyond the Text Page 95–96