Who is Saheb and where does he hail from?
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What was Saheb? How did he earn his living?

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What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps and where has he come from?

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Where did Saheb come from? What made him & his family leave their native place.


Saheb is a rag-picker of Seemapuri.

The writer encounters him every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps in her neighbourhood. Saheb hails from Dhaka and he has migrated from Bangladesh in 1971. His house and green fields were destroyed by storm. Their poverty forced them to migrate but Saheb does not have even a faint memory of his original home.

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The life of bangle makers of Firozabad was full of obstacles, which forced them to lead a life of poverty and deprivation. Discuss with reference to ‘Lost Spring’.


The authoress presents a very pathetic picture of bangle-makers of Firozabad since they are born in poverty, live in poverty and even die in poverty. They lead a life of trouble, torture, tension, deprivation and poverty and for generations together they have been engaged in this trade. They work in dingy and dark cells sitting before high temperature which often makes them blind before they become adult. They labour very hard at a very little profit.

They live in a small and dingy houses which are called “hovels”. They have crumbling walls, wobbly door and without windows. All the members of the family live in the same house so they are overcrowded with humans and animals. They have their own social customs and traditions. The old man in the house has the authority to do everything. They remain uneducated and poor. They cannot adopt another profession due to interference of the middlemen, money-lenders, politicians and policemen. Due to lack of a tangible and bold leader, they are unable to organize themselves into a cooperative. So they remain poor throughout life and lose the ability to dream. They can talk but do not act to improve their lot.

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What is the unusual morning scene in the streets of the authoress Anees Jung?
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How does the writer come to recognise each of the rag-pickers in her neighbourhood?


Saheb, along with his army of barefoot boys roam in the neighbourhood of Anees Jung. They go on scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps. They appear like the morning birds and disappear at noon. The authoress is in a good position to recognise each of them very well as she has watched all of them with good interest.

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What makes the authoress embarrassed at having made a promise that was not meant?


On encountering with Saheb, the authoress asks him go to school. Immediately at the second thought she realises that the advice must sound very hollow. On the other hand, Saheb replies that there is no school in his neighbourhood. And he will go if the authorities make one. The authoress asks half jokingly if she starts to school, will he go ? Saheb goes on asking her “Is your school ready?” she feels embarrassed at having made a promise that was not meant.

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What does Anees Jung want to reveal in her story ‘Lost Spring’ Stories of Stolen Childhood?


Anees Jung has portrayed two stories in ‘Lost Spring’ and both depict the grinding poverty, pitiable condition of life and the other traditions that condemn the children to a life of exploitation. For the rag-pickers of Seemapuri, garbage is gold and means of survival. The bangle-makers of Firozabad live in dingy cells and stinking lanes. Even after much toil, they do not get full meal.

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