NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English
Flamingo
Lost
Spring– Stories of Stolen Childhood (Anees Jung)
Summary
This story has two parts.
The first part describes the life of
ragpickers of the Seemapuri.The garbage collectors come from Dhaka. The storms
have caused damage to their homes and farmland. Now they settled in Seemapuri,
Delhi. They had to face a lot of difficulties and the truth was painful for
them. They lack the basic resources. Every morning, the author observes Saheb
searching the area for "gold." These rag pickers depend on garbage to
survive. For the children it is a
wonderful thing. A few coins can be found from it. But for elders it is a means
of survival. There are a lot of things that they can't access. Later, Saheb
enters a tea shop where he has the opportunity to make 800 Rupees and receive
all meals. But he has lost his freedom, because of this work. so, he is not
happy.
The second part explains the life and
aspirations of Mukesh, a boy from a family of bangle makers of Firozabad. This
place is famous for its outstanding glass-blowing industry. Nearly 20,000 children
are employed in this specific industry. They work in small dark room in front
of hot furnaces. Most of them lost their
eyes before reaching adulthood. Additionally, nobody over there is aware of the
laws that prohibit child labour.
Furthermore, both the working and housing conditions are terrible. Politicians,
middlemen, bureaucrats, and police officers have a nexus that block their
progress. The women in the home saw it as their fate. Such reasoning leads them
to just accept their condition. Mukesh is distinct in some way. He thinking is
different from the others. In the
future, he hopes to work as a mechanic. He lives a long way from the garage,
but he is determined to walk there.
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