Lost Spring - Part 3

18 April, 2020
Day 4

Lost Spring
Good morning boys

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

  • 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.)


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? 

 Long Answer Type Questions
(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?



Ø  Sahib spend the early years of his life looking for gold in garbage dumps
Ø  Parents of these street children have no fixed income.
Ø  War against poverty and hunger
Ø  No dream except finding the means of survival
Ø  Garbage is gold to them
Ø  It is their daily bread( means)
Ø  Saheb – servant at a tea stall
Ø  Loses his freedom
Ø  Mukesh – son of a poor bangle maker
Ø  Dream to become a motor mechanic
Ø  Wants to drive a car
Ø  Thinks to join a garage
Ø  Garage is far away so he decided to walk
Ø  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.
Ø  Firozabad – centre of India’s glass – blowing industry
Ø  Famous for bangles.
Ø  Bangles of various colors piled on four wheeled push carts
Ø  Bangles are shining and bright
Ø  Raibow coloured bangles
Ø  Bangle makers lead miserable life
Ø  They don’t know any other work
Ø  No courage or money to start other trade
Ø  They are in the hands of moneylenders
Ø  Poverty and hunger
Ø  Not even have one meal a day
Ø  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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  1. Good morning sir!
    Swaraj Swarup Aggarwal,
    XII-B.

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    2. Over 1.2 lakh children are rag pickers and even though rag pickers pick up most of the trash in the country they are not paid by the government.

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  2. Good morning sir
    Armaan Oberoi 12-B
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  3. Good morning sir Anmol Gupta 12 B

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    2. There are almost 2 million ragpickers in india.
      The ragpickers are exposed to many threats like toxic waste material. Which can cause them harmful diseases.

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  4. Good morning sir John Pius XII B

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  5. 70 to 80 %of India's garbage is picked up by ragpickers but they are not paid by the government authorities for their work and they have to pay for their expenses in their own

    Good morning sir cyrus gomes

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  6. 1.2 million minors are rag pickers
    They are not paid by government tbere life depends on waste they pick
    Good morning sir
    Meet Sethi 12 B

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  7. Good morning sir
    Utkarsh heer 12 b
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  8. Good morning sir
    Most of the garbage in india is picked up by ragpickers who earn very low money and are not paid by the government
    Dhruv Garg 12 B

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  9. Good morning. Haris. Ahmed 12-B
    The two things that hit me were
    There are a lot of ragpickers in India
    And the govt isn't trying to uplift them

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  10. Good morning sir
    Akhil Sharma 12-B
    1- Nearly 1.2 lakh minors work as ragpickers.
    2- The government does not take care of their welfare.

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  11. good morning sir
    Avi Sharma
    12-
    A-> Most of the garbage in india is picked up by ragpickers who earn very low money and are not paid by the government

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  12. Good morning sir
    Abhyuday Kalyani
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick

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  13. Dominic Gomes 12B
    1).They are not paid by the govt. For their work and their livelihood depemds on the garbage they pick.
    2).Govt. does not take any step to make their condition better or uplift them.

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  14. Good morning sir
    Isaac samuel 12-B
    There are upto 1.2 lacs ragpickers who are below the age pf 16,
    And the govt does'nt take care of them.

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  15. Good morning Sir
    Siddhant 12 B
    Sir the two things are
    1.there are 1.2 ragpickers in India
    2.the government is not trying to uplift them

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  16. Good morning Sir. Nakul Kapur ,class 12-B. The two things that stuck while watching the condition of ragpickers are:-
    1)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings .
    2) While , some of the children who collect trash from the street manage to attend school but a large majority don't have the time to do so as they are earning their daily bread .

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  17. Good Morning sir
    Anas sad 12-B

    (1)There are 2million ragpickwra in INDIA . AND 3.5 LACKS IN Delhi and Mumbai only.

    (2)The ragpickers are exposed to many threats like toxic waste materials from factories which can give them harmful disease.

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  18. Good morning sir
    Justen Mathew 12-B
    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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  19. Goodmorning sir
    Rushil 12-B
    1- there are 1.2 lakh ragpickers in India who are minors.
    2- they are not being paid by the Government

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  21. Good morning sir
    Shashwat Jain 12-B
    Two things that struck me while watching the condition of ragpickers are:-
    1)There are upto 1.2 lacs ragpickers who are below the age of 16
    2)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings

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  22. Good morning sir
    karman singh
    12-B
    1- Nearly 1.2 lakh minors work as ragpickers.
    2- The government does not take care of their welfare.

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  23. Good morning sir
    Jayesh 12 b
    The two things that struck me are :-
    1)1.2 lakh ragppicker's are under the age of 14
    2) government not providing
    any help

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  24. Good morning sir shashwat singh 12 B
    The 2 things that hit me hard
    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.
    2. Children also take part in this act to support their family risking their health and wellness some children start doing drugs as well and some died too due to illness of waste.

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  25. Good morning sir
    Justin Singh 12-B
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  26. Good Morning Sir
    Jot Parkash
    12-B
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  27. Good morning sir! This is Prince Joseph. 12B

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    1. Two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers were:
      1)There are upto 1.2 lacs ragpickers who are below the age of 16
      2)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings and their work is not compensated by the government.

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  28. Good Morning Sir
    Swayam Khandelwal 12-B
    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
    Significantly their health also get affected due to the toxic waste like syringes , thermometers ,rotten fruits/vegetables , etc

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  29. Good morning sir
    Debraj roy
    The govt does not provide any financial assistence and they are dependent on ragpicking.
    There are more than 1.2lakh minors who are ragpicker

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  30. Good morning Sir.
    Harshil Arora
    Class 12-B
    Ans- The two things that stuck while watching the condition of ragpickers are:-
    1)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings .
    2) While , some of the children who collect trash from the street manage to attend school but a large majority don't have the time to do so as they are earning their daily bread .

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  31. The two things that stuck while watching the condition of ragpickers are:-
    1)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings .
    2) While , some of the children who collect trash from the street manage to attend school but a large majority don't have the time to do so as they are earning their daily bread .

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  32. Good morning sir!!
    Would be appreciative if u could send the answers of the short question of the chapter "the interview"

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  34. Good morning Sir
    The fact that the majority of ragpickers are minors who should be studying and playing at this age hit me really hard.
    Also the fact that the waste that they are handling is majorly toxic medical waste which is extremely harmful for their health appears to be very upsetting.

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  35. Good morning sir
    Mark samuel XII-E
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick

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  36. Good morning sir
    Ans- The two things that stuck while watching the condition of ragpickers are:-
    1)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings .
    2) While , some of the children who collect trash from the street manage to attend school but a large majority don't have the time to do so as they are earning their daily bread .

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  37. good morning sir
    Two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers were:
    1)There are upto 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers who are below the age of 16.
    2)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings and their work is not compensated by the government.

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  38. Good morning sir
    The Harsh reality is
    1-They are not given protective gears therefore they are prone to diseases
    2-The government does not provide any financial assistance to them

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  39. 1. Ragpickers are exposed to many threats such as toxic waste material which can cause harmful diseases.
    2. Some of the children who collect trash from the street manage to attend school but a large majority don't have the time to do so as they are earning their "Daily Wage" .
    -Khanim N 12-E

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  40. good morning sir
    1.they always put thier lives in danger by working in hazardous who are below the age of 16
    2.they always put thier lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings and thier work is not compensated by the goverment

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  41. Good Morning sir
    1)There are 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers below the age of 16.
    2)They put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings.

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  42. Good morning sir
    The two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers are:-
    1) They work in hazardous conditions thus risking their lives.
    2)The government takes no initiative for helping them and thus they are solely dependent on the waste that they pick everyday

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  43. Good morning sir
    Saksham Tandon
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers, they should be studying instead of working all day
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  44. Good morning sir
    Shourya Ahluwalia class 12 E
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick.

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  45. Good morning Sir
    The fact that the majority of ragpickers are minors who should be studying and playing at this age hit me really hard.
    Also the fact that the waste that they are handling is majorly toxic medical waste which is extremely harmful for their health appears to be very upsetting.

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  46. Good morning sir.
    Nathanael Angumei 12-E

    1. The children working as ragpickers are not able to enjoy their childhood.
    2. The government is not doing much to assist them.

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  47. Good morning sir
    Neil Agnisharma 12-E
    1) there are about 2 million rag pickers in India among which 1.2 lakh are children below the age of 14
    2) These rag pickers have nothing to protect themselves from the toxic wastes that they collect and they aren't paid by the government

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  48. Good morning sir
    The 2 things that struck to me are
    1- there 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers
    2- they are not being paid by the government and there livelihood depends on the waste they pick

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  49. Good morning sir,
    Two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers are:
    1)There are up to 1.2 lakh rag pickers who are underage.
    2)These mistreated people are devoid of the opportunity to be educated and instead are circumstantially forced to spend their lives collecting very little money through menial tasks.

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  50. Good morning sir
    There are 1.2 million ragpickers in India, most of them are minors. ☹️
    They sometimes get in contact with toxic wastes and get deadly diseases ☹️☹️.

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  51. Good morning sir
    Dhiraj Kumar 12-E
    The facts r that more than 70-80 % waste of the country has been picked by ragpickers .
    There are more than 1.2 lakh minors who are ragpickers and not been paid by government there livelihood depends on their work

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  52. Good morning sir
    1)There are 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers below the age of 16.
    2)They put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings.

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  53. Good morning sir
    Ashwin Thomas
    1.There are upto 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers who are below the age of 16.
    2.Rag pickers are always put in danger by doing hazardous and dangeros work

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  54. Good morning sir
    Martin
    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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  55. Good morning sir
    2 things that struck me about the condition of the Indian ragpickers are:

    1)their working condition like wages and vulnerability to danger
    2)1.2 lakhs are underage out of 3 million

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  56. Good morning sir
    Albert
    1)there are 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers below the age of 16.
    2)the rag pickers are always put thier lives in danger by doing hazardous work

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  57. Replies
    1. Two things that struck me about the condition of the rag pickers were:
      1)There are upto 1.2 lakhs of rag pickers who are below the age of 16.
      2)They always put their lives in danger by working in hazardous surroundings and their work is not compensated by the government.

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  58. Goodmorning sir
    What struck me is :
    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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  59. good morning sir
    the 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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  60. good morning sir
    1) Labour laws don't apply to the rag picking community of india
    2) 94% have respiratory problems .
    though this data is from 2014, the current situation may be even worse .

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  61. Good morning sir
    1) labour laws don't apply to the rag picking community of India
    2) 94% have respiratory problems

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  62. Good morning Sir
    12 e
    Soham Grover
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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.
    Thank you

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