AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| CHAPTER - 2| LOST SPRING| SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR 7 MARK EACH| H.S. 2ND YEAR

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1. Describe the miserable plight of the people of Firozabad. Exam paper - 2017

Ans: Firozabad is the center of glass blowing industry where families have spent generations working in furnaces, welding glass, making bangles for all the women of the country. Born in a cast of bangle makers, saw nothing but bangles. Despite their hard work, they did not have enough to eat or send their sons and daughters to school. As a result, what they do is teach the kids what they know - the art of bangle making. In every dark hut in town, children sit with their parents in front of the twinkling of oil lamps, making bangles out of colored glass. Their eyes are more adjusted to darkness than to light outside. This is the reason why many children lose their eyesight before they reach adulthood. Every household lament about not having money to do anything other than their traditional bangle making and not having enough to eat the ring. Ages of exploitation have killed their initiative and ability to protest. They are so caught in the vicious circle of middlemen that they cannot even think of forming cooperatives. As a result, they have come to believe that being born in the caste of bangle makers, they are doomed to suffer. Thus, they are pushed into a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy, greed and injustice.

2. Who is Saheb? What's ironic about his full name? Describe the life of Saheb and the army of barefoot street pickers in Seemapuri?

Ans: Sahab was a young rag picker who always used to clean the garbage heaps in the streets of Delhi. His full name, Saheb-e-Alam meaning "Lord of the Universe", was actually ironic as he was not even the master of his own destiny. He along with his friends, along with an army of barefoot rag pickers, roamed the streets of Delhi from morning to afternoon. Sometimes he would find a one rupee, or even a ten rupee note in the garbage heap and always expected to find more. These rag pickers used to live in a place called Seemapuri on the periphery of Delhi. His parents were all migrants from Bangladesh who had settled illegally in Seemapuri in 1971. They lived in mud structures with tin and tarpaulin roofs. There was no sewage, drainage or running water. More than 10,000 of them lived. For all these people, rag picking was the only means of survival. To them garbage was gold; It was his livelihood, a roof over his head. It was even more surprising for children like Saheb.

3. Describe the bangle makers of Firozabad. How does the vicious circle of Sahukars and middlemen never allow them to come out of poverty? Exam paper - 2018

Ans: In Firozabad, maximum number of people work in making glass bangles. But these people who have spent generations working in furnaces, welding glass and making bangles for all the women of the country, have always led a miserable life. He never earned enough money to support his family. Only a few of them can afford to send their sons and daughters to school. As a result, they teach their children what they know about the art of bangle making. Therefore, in Firozabad today more than 20,000 children are working in glass furnaces, with high temperatures in dirty cells without air and light. The constant suffering of the ages has convinced them that being born in the caste of bangle makers, they are doomed to suffer because the God-given lineage cannot be broken. In fact, they are the victims of worst kind of exploitation by the vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen and bureaucrats. This vicious circle of middlemen never allowed bangle makers to organize themselves into cooperatives. It is in the interest of the vicious circle to keep these bangle makers always in a state of poverty. There is no leader among them to help them out of this situation. These hapless bangle makers are caught in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy, greed and injustice.

4. What two different worlds does Anees Jung see in Firozabad?

Ans: Listening to the stories of the agony and exploitation of the bangle makers of Firozabad, Anees Jung sees two districts and different worlds – one of the families of bangle makers who are trapped in the web of poverty tainted by the stigma of the caste into which they are born and the other of the exploiters. of World. This world is a vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen, politicians and bureaucrats who never allow bangle makers to come out of poverty.

As a result, little has changed over time for bangle makers. Despite being engaged in bangle making for generations, they neither have enough to eat nor enough to send their sons and daughters to school. So, they teach them what they know - the art of bangle making. As a result, more than 20,000 children are now employed in the glass blowing industry. Today the world of bangle makers of Firozabad is plunged into deep despair. They have also lost the ability to dream.

5. How is Mukesh different from the rest of the children in Firozabad? Why is he pleased when the author looks into his eyes?

Ans: Born in a bangle maker's family, Mukesh grew up in poverty burdened by the stigma of caste, where it was seen as unnatural to think of doing anything other than bangle making. So, it takes real courage to do so. When Mukesh says he wants to become a motor mechanic, he does what no other kid in his community would dare to do. Writer Anees Jung's eyes gleam with rare courage. He has not only dared to dream but also the determination to achieve it is evident from his announcement that he will go to a garage, even if it is away from home, to learn to become a motor mechanic. When asked if he ever dreamed of flying a plane, he replied in the negative without any apologies. This is because he has only seen cars speeding down the streets of his city. Very few airplanes fly over Firozabad.

6. In what context does the author tell the story of Udupi?

Ans: The author narrated the story of Udupi in the context of barefoot rag pickers. He has seen barefoot children in all parts of India. Some people explain that walking barefoot is a tradition but according to the author the real reason is the constant poverty. Children who are too poor to buy shoes or chappals walk around barefoot. "A man from Udupi told the author that as a young boy he used to go to school, in front of an old temple where his father was a priest. On the way, he would stop at the temple and pray for a pair of shoes. But thirty years later the situation changed. Now the priest's son got the shoes, but he didn't care for it. The other remembered the boy who prayed for shoes, when he had none. But when he Finally finding a pair, he prayed to the goddess that he should never lose them. According to the author, many boys got shoes like the priest's son, but there are many who still roam around without shoes. It is not their tradition Rather it is compulsion; it is their extreme poverty.

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