Lost Spring Summary

Lost_Spring

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The story, "Lost Spring" written by revolves around the condition of poor children who have been to miss the joy of childhood due to the -economic condition that prevails in the man-made world. The children are deprived of their basic rights to help themselves come out of their distressful present.

The first part tells the writer's impressions about the life of the poor . The ragpickers have migrated from and found a settlement in . Their fields and homes had been swept away by storms. They had come to the big city to find a living. They are poor. The writer watches every morning scrounging for "gold" in her neighbourhood. There are a number of ragpickers like Saheb. They are all . They find tradition and vocation as an excuse for not wearing one though the real reason is their . Garbage is a means of for the elders and for the children it is something wrapped in . The children come across a coin or two from it. These people have and , but they do not know way to achieve them. There are quite a few things that are unreachable to them, namely shoes, tennis and the like. Later Saheb joins a tea stall where he could earn 800 Rupees and all the meals. The job has taken away his .

The second part deals with the life of , who belongs to the family of Bangle-makers. is best known for its glass-blowing industry. The living condition and the working is a woeful tale. Life in cells and working close to hot furnaces make these children blind when they step into the adulthood. Weighed down by the debt, they can neither think nor find a way to come of out of this trap. The politicians, middlemen, policemen and bureaucrats will all obstruct their way of progress. The women in the household consider it as their and just follow the . Mukesh is different from the rest of the folk there. He dreams. He wants to become a . He has decided to go to a and learn the job of a motor mechanic.

Anees Jung gives voice to eliminate child labour by the children and to enforce the laws against child labour by the governments strictly. The call is to end child and let the children enjoy the days of the spring that bring under their feet.

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