What change did Anees Jungsee in Saheb when he saw him standing by the gate of the neighbourhood club?
The narrator, Anees Jung encounters Saheb every morning scrounging for a gold in the garbage. He roams in the streets with an army of barefoot boys. They are too poor to afford to purchase shoes or chappals. One morning, the narrator sees Saheb standing by the fenced gate of a club. Two young men dressed in white are playing tennis. Saheb is much changed. The authoress is impressed to note that Saheb likes the game of tennis and goes inside when no one is around. He also swings there. He is wearing the discarded shoes of a rich man because there is a hole in one of them. His face is beaming with joy. It seems his dream has come true. Now he works in a tea-stall and get 800 rupees and all his meals. However, he has lost the carefree look because he is no longer his own master.
Elucidate the statement : “Food is more important for survival than an identity”.
Mention some of the possible reasons for the migration of people from the villages towards the cities.
“And survival in Seemapuri means ragpicking.” In the light of the remark describe the life of the people living in this colony.
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Describe the life of squatters at Seemapuri.
Why do children walk barefoot, in cities, or on village roads? Is it a tradition or something else? What does the authoress Anees Jung state about it in her story “Lost Spring-Stories of Stolen Childhood?
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What does the authoress Anees Jung mean by saying that young boys like the son of the priest now wear shoes, but many others like the ragpickers in her neighbourhood remain shoeless?
