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Lost Spring Assignment

This document contains questions about the short story "The Lost Spring" by Anees Jung. There are 10 short answer questions asking for details about characters, their occupations, and challenges they face. There are also 6 longer answer questions that require analyzing and elaborating on different aspects of the story such as the lives of bangle makers in Ferozabad, why Saheb became a ragpicker, and the poverty faced by characters. Responses for both short and long questions need to be in 30-40 words and 120-150 words respectively.

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Lost Spring Assignment

This document contains questions about the short story "The Lost Spring" by Anees Jung. There are 10 short answer questions asking for details about characters, their occupations, and challenges they face. There are also 6 longer answer questions that require analyzing and elaborating on different aspects of the story such as the lives of bangle makers in Ferozabad, why Saheb became a ragpicker, and the poverty faced by characters. Responses for both short and long questions need to be in 30-40 words and 120-150 words respectively.

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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?

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