Lost Spring - Part 2

17th April, 2020
Day 3

Good Morning Boys

In previous class, you read about Saheb -e - Alam and his poor condition and amidst his this state, his dreams and his aspirations.

                                                                         Part 2

In this blog we are going to deal with the second part of the story titled "I want to drive a car".
This is a story about a boy named Mukesh.
Spend your time in reading this second part of the story and comprehending it.

Before starting, let us recall the learning objectives of this lesson.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to

• identify the reason why Sahib, Mukesh and their communities work in their respective professions. 
• describe the living conditions of both the children.
• develop sensitivity towards both the children.
• narrate real life experiences from their life situations of children working as labourers. 

Now, spend some time in reading this part of the story about Mukesh, a bangle maker. 

                                                        READING TIME

I hope you all have understood the second part of the story. 

While reading, you will come across few new words. So, here are the meanings to those words to comprehend the chapter well. 

                                               Words and their  Meanings

mirage: A hope or wish that cannot be achieved.

dingy: gloomy

hovels: a house or room not fit to live in

primeval: ancient

impoverish: to deprive of richness

unkempt: untidy

shanty: roughly built

soldering: to join

sanctity: considering sacred

lament: to mourn

apathy: lack of emotions

Let us see the summary of the same. 

                                             Part II – I want to drive a car.

The second part deals with the life of Mukesh, who belongs to the family of Bangle-makers. Firozabad is best known for its glass-blowing industry. Nearly 20,000 children are engaged in this business and the law that forbids child labour is not known here. The living condition and the working environment is a woeful tale. Life in dingy cells and working close to hot furnaces make these children blind when they step into the adulthood. Weighed down by the debt, they can neither think nor find a way to come of out of this trap. The politicians, middlemen, policemen and bureaucrats will all obstruct their way of progress. The women in the household consider it as their fate and just follow the tradition. Mukesh is different from the rest of the folk there. He dreams to become a motor mechanic. The garage is far away from his house but he shall walk. comes across Mukesh in Firozabad.

Its time to do the MCQs of this part.

1. Mukesh belonged to the family of 
a) farmers      b) rag-pickers     c) bangle makers      d) motor mechanic


2. What did Mukesh want to become on growing up? 
a) motor mechanic       b) a shopkeeper     c) a bangle maker     d) a carpenter

3. Bangle industry flourishes in the town of
a) Firozepur      b) Firozabad      c) Ferozgarh    d) Farukhabad

4. Tha families of the bangle makers live in
a) comfortable environment    b) big houses    c) very small houses    d) factories

5. If laws were to be enforced, it would bring about change and relief in the lives of about
a) Ten thousand children  b) twenty thousand children      c) hundred children   d) a thousand children

6. Mukesh's house is covered with
a) stones   b) bricks   c) tiles    d) thatch

7. The frail woman in Mukesh's house is his
a) mother   b) elder brother'w wife   c) wife    d) niece

8. What was the profession of Mukesh's father before he became a bangle maker? 
a) tailor   b) carpenter    c) plumber    d) mason

9. 'Can a God given lineage ever be broker?' Who spoke these words? 
a) Mukesh   b) Mukesh's grandfather   c) Mukesh's Grandmother   d) the author

10. Sunny-Gold, Paddy green, royal blue, pink, purple, every color born out of the seven colors of the rainbow. What is this a reference to? 
a) clothes   b) birds    c) bangles   d) bindis

11. Savita, a young girl, is seen by the author, 
a) stitching clothes   b) washing clothes    c) soldering pieces of glass   d) embroidering a sheet

12. 'She has not enjoyed a full meal in her entire lifetime'. Who is 'she' in the given sentences? 
a) the elderly woman sitting near Savita   b) Mukesh's sister in law
c) Mukesh's mother    d) Mukesh;s grandmother

13. "One wonders if he has achieved what many have failed to achieved in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head."; these lines have said in reference to the condition of
a) the elderly woman's old husband    b) Mukesh'sfather
c) the bangle factory owner    d) Mukesh's elder brother

14. Who will be hauled up by the police if they try to get organised? 
a) the old citizens   b) the owners of the factories   c) the group of young men d)Mukesh's family

15. What bothers the author most about the bangle makers?
a) The stigma of poverty and cast   b) The affluence of the landlords  c) the behavior of the factory owners    d) the labour laws.

16. The sahukars, the middle men, the policemen, the keepers of the law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. Together these people
a) worked for the benefit of bangle makers   b) imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put down    c) work for the upliftment of the woman    d) abolish child labour

17. Mukesh wants to learn to become a motor mechanic by
a) finding a tutor   b) going to a garage to learn   c) by reading books   d) by joining a school

Kindly, do these questions.
You will receive short questions for complete lesson in the next blog.

To gain today's attendance, mention the number of men in Mukesh's family and who were they? 


Till then take good care of yourselves.

God bless you all!