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Lost Spring NCERT Solutions-Stories of Stolen Childhood
By- Anees Jung
Think as you read -(Lost Spring NCERT Solutions)
Q.1 What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
Ans. Saheb is a young boy who is engaged in rag-picking. He is looking for money in the garbage dumps. Presently, he is living at Seemapuri, a place on the border of Delhi. His family comes from Dhaka in Bangladesh.
Q.2. What explanation does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
Ans. The author has seen poor children walking barefoot traveling across the country. She does not accept the argument that it is just because of the lack of money. But the writer considers it a tradition to remain barefoot, as an excuse to show their poverty.
Q.3 Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Explain
Ans. No, He is not happy working at the tea- stall. Although he gets 800 rs. and all his meals. He feels bound and burdened. He is no longer his own master. He finds the steel canister heavier than the plastic bag.
Q.4 What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
Ans. Firozabad is famous for its glass-blowing industry. Every other family in Firozabad is engaged in making bangles. Many families have spent generations working around furnaces, welding glass, and making bangles for all the women in India.
Q.5 Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
Ans. There are two hazards of working in the glass bangles industry. First, The workers in the glass bangles industry have to work in high temperatures. It affects their health badly. Second, the laborers/workers finally go blind from the dust from polishing the glass of bangles.
Q.6 How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?
Ans. Mukesh belongs to a family of bangle makers. But he has no interest in bangle-making. He wants to be the master of his own. He wants to become a motor mechanic.
Understanding the text– (Lost Spring NCERT Solutions)
Q.1 What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
Ans. Although there are many reasons for this type of migration, some of them may be as under:
(i) People hope for a better livelihood in cities.
(ii) Many people migrate to cities to arrange good education for their children.
(iii) Unemployed people migrate to cities in the hope of getting jobs.
(iv) Farm laborers in villages do not get proper wages. So, they migrate to cities to work in factories.
(v) It is the luxury, glamour, and comfort of city life which attracts them to cities.
Q.2 Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
Ans. Yes. I do agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept. It is very easy to make a promise but it is equally difficult to keep it. Similarly for many years now the governments have been promising the eradication of child labour in hazardous industries in India but no government so far has succeeded in eradicating this evil. One can see children working everywhere – houses, tea stalls, etc. Education to all is another promise still waiting to be kept. Ragpickers of Seemapuri and the child workers in the glass industries of Firozabad have never been to schools. They are the softest targets for exploitation.
This happens in the incidents narrated in the text when the author promises to open a school where poor children like Saheb will be able to study but does not even mean to keep it. Then Saheb comes to know that it is just another promise made to the poor.
Q.3 What forces conspire to keep the workers of the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
Ans. There are two types of forces that keep the workers of the bangle industry in poverty. First, the casteism prevalent in society keeps them tied to the profession of bangle-making. Born in the caste of bangle-makers, they cannot think of anything else but making bangles. They consider it to be their fate.
Secondly, the vicious circle of the middleman, the policemen, the keepers of the law, bureaucrats, and the politicians do not allow these poor workers to get out. They do not let them think beyond making bangles. If someone ever dares think otherwise, he will be beaten and dragged to jail for doing something illegal. The vicious circle of poverty and injustice never allows them to take any courageous step. They accept their fate before being aware of it.
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