THE LOST SPRING

ASSIGNMENT
▪ ANSWER IN 30-40 WORDS
Q1. What is ironical about Saheb’s name?

Q2. How does Saheb react to the idea of going to

school?

Q3. What does the garbage mean to the children of

Seemapuri and their parents?

Q4. Why don’t the people of Firozabad organize

themselves into a cooperative?

Q5. What does the writer see in Mukesh’s house?

Q6. How does Mukesh’s grandmother view the

family occupation of bangle making and poverty?
Q7. What does the writer mean when she says,
‘Saheb is no longer his own master’?

Q8. Mention any two problems faced by the

bangle sellers.

Q9. How is Mukesh’s attitude towards life

different from that of his family?

Q10. A young man in Ferozabad is burdened under

the baggage of two worlds. What are they?

▪ ANSWER IN 120-150 W0RDS

Q1.The bangle-makers of Ferozabad make
beautiful bangles and make everyone happy but
they live and die in squalor. Elaborate.

Q2. Why did Saheb become a ragpicker? What did

he look for in the garbage dumps?
Q3. Describe the life of squatters at Seemapuri.

Q4. What does Anees Jung tell us about life at

Mukesh’s home in Ferozabad?

Q5. In 1971 Bangladeshi migrants came to Delhi

‘looking for gold in the big city’. What kind of life
are they living in Seemapuri now?

Q6. ‘Lost Spring’ explains the grinding poverty and

traditions that condemn thousands of people to a
life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why/Why
not?