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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Chapter 7 A Visit to Cambridge


A Visit to Cambridge is written by Firdaus Kanga, writer and journalist from Mumbai. He was born with 'brittle bones' that tended to break when he was a child quickly. The lesson gives us a glimpse of the meeting between Firdaus Kanga and Stephen Hawking. The story, "A Visit to Cambridge" is a travelogue that highlights the exchange of views between two 'differently-abled' people. In this prose, through a tour to Cambridge, both discuss their perspectives about their lives in a wheelchair and the reaction of other people towards disabled individuals.