Lost Spring - Part 3
18 April, 2020
Day 4
I hope you all are doing wonderful today. In today's class we are going to do the question answers for the lesson.
Before that, let us recall the learning objectives of the lesson.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to
(Answer them in around 150-180 words)
Take help from the value points given to you.
Day 4
Lost Spring
Good morning boysI hope you all are doing wonderful today. In today's class we are going to do the question answers for the lesson.
Before that, let us recall the learning objectives of the 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.
Get going with the question answers of the lesson.
Given below are short and long question. Kindly answer them in your own words.
Let us not wait for the answers to be shared by the teacher. You might not get answers from now on.
Use good vocabulary and make your answers impressive.
Short Answer Type Questions
(Answer them in about 30-40 words.)
Long Answer Type QuestionsGiven below are short and long question. Kindly answer them in your own words.
Let us not wait for the answers to be shared by the teacher. You might not get answers from now on.
Use good vocabulary and make your answers impressive.
Short Answer Type Questions
(Answer them in about 30-40 words.)
Q.1
What
does the reference to chappals in ‘Lost Spring’ tell us about the economic
condition of the rag pickers?
Q.2
Describe
the irony in Saheb’s name.
Q.3
In what sense garbage means gold to rag pickers?
Q.4
What is Saheb looking
for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
Q.5
What explanation does
the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
Q.6
Why did Saheb seem
unhappy after he started working in the tea-stall?
Q.7
What is Mukesh’s dream? Will he ever be able to fulfil his dream? Why or why
not?
Q.
8
What makes Mukesh different from other bangle makers of Firozabad?
Q.9
A young man in Ferozabad is burdened under the baggage of two world. What are
they?
Q.10
Why could the bangle makers not organize themselves into a cooperative?
Q.
11
What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ convey?
Q.
12
‘Savita is a symbol of innocence and efficiency.’ Comment
Q. 13 What makes Firozabad famous?
(Answer them in around 150-180 words)
Take help from the value points given to you.
Q.1 What are the dreams of the poor like Sahib- e-
Alam and Mukesh? Could these be realized?
What is the reality of the situation?
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Sahib
spend the early years of his life looking for gold in garbage dumps
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Parents
of these street children have no fixed income.
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War
against poverty and hunger
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No
dream except finding the means of survival
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Garbage
is gold to them
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It
is their daily bread( means)
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Saheb
– servant at a tea stall
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Loses
his freedom
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Mukesh
– son of a poor bangle maker
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Dream
to become a motor mechanic
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Wants
to drive a car
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Thinks
to join a garage
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Garage
is far away so he decided to walk
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Realizes
the reality and tries to overcome it
Q.2 Firozabad presents a strange paradox. Contrast
the beauty of the bangles of Firozabad
with the misery of the people who produce them.
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Firozabad
– centre of India’s glass – blowing industry
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Famous
for bangles.
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Bangles
of various colors piled on four wheeled push carts
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Bangles
are shining and bright
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Raibow
coloured bangles
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Bangle
makers lead miserable life
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They
don’t know any other work
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No
courage or money to start other trade
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They
are in the hands of moneylenders
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Poverty
and hunger
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Not
even have one meal a day
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Work
at hot furnaces makes them blind
In order to gain your attendance for today, watch this video about the conditions of Indian ragpickers - the harsh reality and mention any two things that hit you hard while watching the video in the comment box.
https://youtu.be/K9l0K8Of7aU
(copy the link in YouTube and watch the video)
In the next blog, we will start with a new chapter.
Till then, be safe, keep smiling and just make the most of everything.
God Bless You All!
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There are upto 1.2 lacs ragpickers who are below the age pf 16,
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Sir the two things are
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(1)There are 2million ragpickwra in INDIA . AND 3.5 LACKS IN Delhi and Mumbai only.
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nearly upto 1.2 lac are ragpickers who are below the age of 16 and they are paid very low wages and the government doesnt take proper care of them
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1.Us not talking simple precautions for their health like recycling non biodegradable waste ,making a compost pit for biodegradable waste or us wasting our food.us not taking care of our waste is 1 reason for them to do this kind of an act.
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Sir , the things that struck to me where that,that 1.2 million of children are ragpickers who are below the age of 14 and moreover aren't even get paid for their job
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The govt does not provide any financial assistence and they are dependent on ragpicking.
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1-They are not given protective gears therefore they are prone to diseases
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1. Ragpickers are exposed to many threats such as toxic waste material which can cause harmful diseases.
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ReplyDeleteThe two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers are:-
1) They work in hazardous conditions thus risking their lives.
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1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers, they should be studying instead of working all day
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1. The children working as ragpickers are not able to enjoy their childhood.
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1) there are about 2 million rag pickers in India among which 1.2 lakh are children below the age of 14
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1)There are up to 1.2 lakh rag pickers who are underage.
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ReplyDeleteThere are 1.2 million ragpickers in India, most of them are minors. ☹️
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The facts r that more than 70-80 % waste of the country has been picked by ragpickers .
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1.There are upto 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers who are below the age of 16.
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1)there are 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers below the age of 16.they put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surrounding
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Two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers were:
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1. Ragpickers despite how hazardous their occupation is, they have no health insurance or protective gear provided by the govt.
2. Their wage is very meagre and there is no regulation of the wages.
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ReplyDeletethe things which are worst and hit me hard are
1.INCOME-30 to 50 rupees
2.Most wastage is picked and bought from chemical industries
3.High intensity of tuberculosis
4.94% children have respiratory problem
84% suffer from Anemia
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ReplyDelete1) Labour laws don't apply to the rag picking community of india
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More than 1.2 lakh ragpickers are there most of them minors.
2.they are not given any previlidges and incentives by the government even after working in dangerous conditions for the nation.
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