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Chapter 2Lost Spring
Saheb picks rags, Mukesh makes bangles — both lose their childhood.
1. About
Author: Anees Jung. Stories of stolen childhood and the poverty that traps children.
2. Summary
- Saheb's family fled floods in Dhaka to live in Seemapuri, Delhi; he scrounges garbage for a living.
- He later works at a tea stall for a wage but loses his freedom — he is no longer his own master.
- Mukesh lives in Firozabad, where families work in glass-bangle furnaces and many workers lose their eyesight.
- A vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, police and politicians keeps them poor.
- Mukesh dares to dream of becoming a motor mechanic.
3. Themes
- child labour
- poverty
- exploitation
- hope and dreams
4. Key Points
- Garbage is ‘gold’ for Seemapuri's children.
- Saheb-e-Alam ironically means ‘lord of the universe’.
- Bangle-makers feel tradition binds them.
- Education is the missing way out.
Remember: Saheb in Seemapuri | Mukesh in Firozabad | vicious circle
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