LOST

SPRING

1. India is such a country in which there are
social evils. The main two characters of the
story, Saheb-e-Alam and Mukesh don’t live
their childhood as they have to carry the
burden of poverty and illiteracy which
showcases the condition of many
unfortunate children living in India. Saheb
is unable to go to school as there isn’t one
in his neighborhood and as for Mukesh the
families in Firozabad do not have money to
do anything except carry on the business of
making bangles. In Seemapuri, Food is
more important for survival than identity.
Wherever they find food, they pitch their
tents that become transit homes. Just as
portrayed in the story, the children in the
country have unwillingly given up on their
dreams and have accepted their ill-fated life.
2. Saheb resided in Seemapuri and had
sacrificed his freedom as a ragpicker to take
up a job in a tea stall that would pay him
800 rupees and give him all his meals. He
was no longer his own master. He had lost
his carefree look. He had resigned to his
fate and had no dreams. Mukesh is
 definitely more ambitions than Saheb. He
lived in Firozabad, and did not want to
follow the profession of making bangles. No
Mukesh dreamt of becoming a motor-
mechanic. He insisted on becoming his own
master.
3. In India the problems highlighted in Lost
Spring does exist. Social evils such as child
labor, inequitable access, squatter
settlements etc., that are highlighted in the
story are present in India. Children in
slump areas or poor households do not have
access to school and are burdened under the
pressure of child labor. They have given up
on their dreams and have resigned to their
fate which is to live a miserable and
undesirable life. For the people living in
these conditions food is more important
than survival. These people have ambitions
and desires but they do not know how to
make them possible.
 NOTICE

St. Thomas Public School, Lucknow

NOTICE
15th May 2021
The Literary Club is organising an inter-school
debate competition on the occasion of the Silver
Jubilee celebrations on 25th May 2021 at 10 a.m.
at the school auditorium.
Interested students should submit their names to
Ms. Priya Agarwal, Head of English Department
on or before 19th May 2021.
Rashmi Malhotra
President of the Literary Club