Lost spring Lesson 2 2 class 12th question answers

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Lesson 2

Class 12

 Lost spring

Q.1-write a brief note on the town of Firozabad.

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Describe the plight (बुरी स्थिति)of the bangle makers of Firozabad.

A. In this story, The writer describes the pitiable condition of  the poor children who have to live in slum and work hard in dirty conditions .Firozabad is a dirty town. It is famous for its bangles. It is the centre of India's glass blowing industry. For generations, families in Firozabad have been working around glass furnaces ,They weld glass and make bangles for all the women on the land but these people have always been very poor. They have to work in high temperature. They have to work in dingy cells without air and light. About 20,000 children have to work in dark places all day long. Many of them lost their eyesight even before they became adult. The poor bangle makers are exploited by middleman, policemen and politicians.

Q2-Reduce briefly the story related to the man from Udipi.

A. This is an interesting story written by Anee Jung.

In this story , The writer describe a very important incident which happened in Udipi. The man met a man from Udipi. The man said that as a young boy, he would go to school past an old temple. His father was a priest at that temple. The boy often stopped at the temple and he would pray for a pair of shoes.

Writer says that she visited the town 30 years later. The temple had a new priest now.The new priest's son was wearing socks and shoes. The writer remembered the prayer of the another boy had made. He saw that boys like the son of the priest now wearing shoes. But the rag pickers, in her neighbourhood was still shoeless. In this way, the writer wants to draw her attention towards the miserly condition of rag pickers.

Q3-How is Mukesh attitude towards his family occupation different from that of his family?

A. Mukesh belongs to to a family of bangle makers. These people think that it is  a good work for them.

But Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic.

Q4-who is Savita? What is she doing? What does the writer wonder about?

A. Savita is a young girl and She is soldering pieces of glass. Her hands are  moving mechanically.The writer wonders if she knows the sancity of the bangles she is making!

Q.5 what does Mukesh grandmother say about her husband?

A. She says her husband belonged to a family of bangle maker. She calls it a god given lineage.Her husband went blind with the dust from the polishing of the bangles.

Q.6-what kind of locality does Mukesh live in?

A. It is a very dirty locality. The  lane (गलियां) are  stinking(बदबू आना). They are choked with garbage. Their houses are very small. There are no windows.man and animal live together in them .

Q.7-How did Saheb feel working at the tea stall ? What did he get there?

A. Saheb did not feel good there. He had lost his carefree look.

He was paid 800 rupees and given all his  meals. But he was no longer his own master .

Q.8-what was Saheb wearing one winter evening? where did he get it?

A. Sahib was wearing tennis shoes. Some rich boy had given these to him. David discarded shoes. There was the hole in one of them.

Q.9-How does the author describe the area of Seemapuri?

A. Seemapuri is a place on the periphery of Delhi .

Those who live there  are Bangladeshi's. They came there in 1971. They live in mud

houses. They are all ragpickers.

Q10- what is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where had he come from?

A. SAHIB IS A POOR RAGPICKERS. Every morning, he comes to probe the garbage heaps in author's neighborhood. His family had migrated from Bangladesh. Now they are living in area of Seemapuri.

 Q.11-who was Sahib? What was the irony about his name?

A. Sahib was a poor ragpicker. His full name was Sahib-e- Alam. It means- the lord of universe.But the poor boy had not even shoes to wear. Thus ,there was a deep irony  in his name.