summary of the English chapter lost spring Class 12​

summary  of the  English  chapter  lost  spring  Class 12​

The first part of the story (sometimes I find a rupee in the garbage) tells about the writer's impressions about the life of the unfortunate rag pickers. The rag pickers migrate from Dhaka and find a settlement in Seema puri. They end up losing their fields and homes due to storms. Then they come to a big city to find a living but are poor. The author met a boy named Saheb, the ragpicker, every morning who is scrounging for "gold" in her neighborhood. Garbage is actually the means of survival for the elders and it is something wrapped in wonder for children. Saheb wanted to be a tennis player but his poverty pulled him back. Later saheb started to work at a tea stall, he earns 800 rupees. But the job takes away his freedom and the canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry easily.

II – I want to drive a car.

The second part is about the life of Mukesh, who comes from the family of bangle-makers. Firozabad is quite popular for its glass-blowing industry. A staggering 20,000 children are a part of this business and any law that forbids child labor is brutally ignored here. Also, the working environment and the living conditions are pathetic. Children live in dingy cells and work around hot furnaces that make them blind when they enter adulthood. Since they are weighed down by debt, they cannot think or find any way to escape this trap. The politicians, policemen, middlemen, and bureaucrats obstruct their way of progress. Most women in such families think that this is their fate and just follow the tradition. But Mukesh is very different from the rest of the folks there. He has dreams of becoming a motor mechanic. The garage is quite far from his house but he shall walk