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LOST SPRING Stories of Stolen Child Hood
LOST SPRING Stories of Stolen Child Hood
Anees Jung
1. What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has
he come form?
2. What explanation does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
3. Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.
4. What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
5. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?
6. How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different form that of his family?
7. What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from village to
cities?
8. 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?
9. What forces conspire to keep the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad in
poverty?
10. How in your opinion, can Mukesh realize his dream?
11. Who was Saheb? What was he doing and why?
12. What is the meaning of Saheb’s full name? Does he know it? How does he
conduct himself?
13. How does the author focus on the ‘perpetual state of poverty’ of the children
not wearing footwear?
14. Explain: “For children, garbage has a meaning different form what tit means
to their parents”?
15. Where does the author find Saheb one winter morning? What explanation
does Saheb offer?
16. How has ‘a dream come true’ for Saheb but what is out of his reach?
17. How does Saheb’s life change when he starts working at the tea-stall?
18. Who is Mukesh? What is his dream? Why does it look like ‘a mirage amidst
the dust?
19. What do you learn about Firozabad form this chapter?
20. “Born in the caste of bangle markets they have seen nothing but bangles”
Where do they see bangles?
21. What contrast do you notice between the colours of the bangles and the
atmosphere of the place where these bangles are made?
22. What are most of the bangle makers ignorant of? Want would happen if law
were enforced strictly?
23. Where is Mukesh’s house located? What is he proud of?
24. What impression do you form about Mukesh’s family on having a glimpse of
their house?
25. Give the thumbnail sketch of the ‘frail young woman’ in the chapter?