Flamingo (Lost Spring) Long Answers

 

NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English

Flamingo

Lost Spring– Stories of Stolen Childhood (Anees Jung)

Long Answer type Questions

Q1.  Write a brief overview of the life and activities of the Bangladeshi squatters living in Seemapuri.

Ans Seemapuri is a located at the outskirts of Delhi . Here, squatters who arrived from Bangladesh in 1971 currently reside. One of them is the family of Saheb. At that time Seemapuri was a wasteland. Now around 10,000 ragpickers reside in mud buildings with tarpaulin and tin roofs. There is no sewage, drainage, or tap water in this shanty town. These people have been residing here for so many years without a permit or identification. They have ration cards that allow them to get grains and register to vote. Food is more important to them than identity. They left green field of their native land for the survival. Now they adopted the work of  ragpicking. Most of the barefoot ragpickers begin their rounds of the streets early in the morning. They have no opportunity to attend schools. This gives them a roof over their heads and their daily bread. 

Q2. What is the dream of Mukesh? How can he realize his dream?
Ans Mukesh is the poor Firozabad bangle maker's son. Unlike most of the children in  Firozabad he dreams big.  He has the ability to find the will to think of a career which is different from his typical family profession. Also, he has a strong determination. He rejects the idea of serving as a puppet I the hand of middlemen or lenders. He is adamant on becoming his own master, so he desires to be a mechanic.he plans to work   working in a garage to get some experience. He is aware that  he will have to overcome numerous obstacles to succeed. The first is money. He will have to work for a living. His house is far away from the garage.  He will only be able to realise his dream with persistence, hard work and a strong will.

Q3. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
Ans The manufacturing of glass bangles poses numerous health hazards. It is a cottage industry. Working condition is very poor. There is no air or light in the dark cells.  They do their work in front of the hot glass furnaces.  In the  flickering oil lamps, boys and girls toil hard during the day.   Their eyes are more used to darkness than to outside light. Because of this, they often loss their eye before reaching adulthood. Even the dust created when polishing glass bangles blindness in adulthood.

Then surrounding conditions are even pathatic. Little children are engaged in the work. Although it is against the law to use very young children in dangerous industries, middlemen, moneylenders, police, and politicians work together to trap them. Their health is at danger due to the environment, the current circumstances, and the nature of the activity.