Lost Spring
What does Anees Jung tell us about life at Mukesh’s home in Ferozabad?
Anees Jung has a chance to see Mukesh. His home is amidst the dusty streets of Firozabad, a town famous for the bangles. Every other family is Firozabad is engaged in making bangles since generations. His house is like a half-built shack. Its one part is thatched with dead grass. On the fire-wood stove there is a large vessel of sizzling spinach leaves. The bangle sellers are born in poverty, live in poverty and die in poverty. They lead a life of trouble, torture, tension, deprivation and poverty. Both humans and animals live together in small and dingy houses. The family is doomed to remain uneducated and poor. It is grounded under customs. The family struggles under hellish situations for survivals. Food is more important for them than their identity. The hereditaiy traditions condemn the children to a life of continuous exploitation. The future of the children is cripped like the crumbling walls and wobbly doors of their hovels. The whole families are engaged in mind mumbling hardwork which kills all initiative and ability to dream at the cost of their eyes and health.
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Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Explain.
Do you think Saheb was happy to work at the tea stall? Answer giving reasons.
What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?
What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
Would you agree that promises made to the poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
What forces conspire to keep the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
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What forces conspire to keep in poverty the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad?
How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
Why should child labour be eliminated and how?
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