BUDS PUBLIC SCHOOL, DUBAI

English

Worksheet Grade 12

Lost Spring

1. What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?

2. What makes the city Of Firozabad famous?

3. How is Saheb's name full of irony?

4. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
5. What forces conspire to keep the workers of Firozabad in poverty?

6. How in your opinion can Mukesh realize his dream?
7. Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the texts?

8. Why should child labour be eliminated and how?

9. What does Anees Jung want to reveal in her story ‘Lost spring’ stories of lost childhood?

10. How does the writer come to recognise each of the rag-pickers in her neighbourhood?

11. Why do these children remain barefoot?

12. What different excuses do the rag-pickers children offer for not wearing chappals?

13.Give a brief write about of a man from Udipi?

14. What type of contrast does the writer point out between Saheb and the son of the priest?

15. Seemapuri is a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it .Why?

16. Explain’ survival in Semapuri means rag-picking.’’

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How do their children become partners in their survivals?

17. How is the garbage heap wrapped in wonder for the children?

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Garbage to them is gold. Why does the author say so about the rag-pickers?

18. Specify how rag-picking has acquired the ‘‘proposition of fine art’’ in Seemapuri?

19. What is the present state of Seemapuri?

20.How did Saheb get a pair of shoes?

21.Explain ‘‘Saheb is no longer his own master.’’(V.IMP)

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Why has Saheb lost his carefree look after getting a job in a tea stall?

22. Who is Mukesh and what is his dream?

23. Why does the authoress think that Mukesh’s dream seems to be looming like a mirage?

24. What makes the city of Firozabad famous?

25. What does the writer witness after entering the house of Mukesh?

26. What custom prevails among the ladies of bangle makers?

27. What has Mukesh’s father achieved after years of hard labour?

28.What for does the grandmother of Mukesh comment?

29. What does Savita tell about the sanctity of bangles?

30. How do the activities of the bangle preparation go on in the narrow lanes of Firozabad?

31. What makes the author say ‘little has moved with time in Firozabad’?

32. Why do the bangle makers of Firozabad not organise into a cooperative?

33. Which two distinct worlds of the bangle makers does the authoress see?

34. ‘The elderly woman has still bangles in her wrists, but no light in her eyes.’ Why?

35. Why don’t the younger ones of the bangle makers do anything else?

36.Who is Saheb and what do you gather about his life and living conditions from the lesson?

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Write the character sketch of Saheb-e-Alam of Seemapuri.

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Describe the life of a rag-picker turning to be a servant at a tea-stall.

37. Why do children walk barefoot, in cities or on village roads? Is it a tradition or something else? What does the authoress Anees Jung state about it in her story ‘Lost spring-storis of stolen childhood’?

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What does the authoress Anees Jung mean by saying that the young boys like the son of the priest now wear shoes, but many others like the rag-pickers in her neighbourhood remain shoeless?

38. How do the rag-pickers of Seemapuri lead their lives?

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Mention some of the problems faced by the squatters in the area of Seemapuri?

39. Elucidate the statement: ‘‘Food is more important for survival than an identity.’’

40. Write the character sketch of Mukesh with special reference to his dare, determination and strong will.

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How is Mukesh ready to break the god-given-lineage of his family?

41. Describe the two worlds that the authoress confronts in the lesson ‘Lost spring’?

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How have the bangle makers become the prey of their own trade? Explain.

42. In what way does the writer analyse the grim state of poverty and tradition among the families of the rag-pickers and the bangle makers of Firozabad?

43. Compare and contrast the lives of the families of Seemapuri and Firozabad?

44. The life of bangle makers of Firozabad was full of obstacles, which forced them to lead a life of poverty and deprivation. Discuss with reference to ‘lost spring’.

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