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FLAMINGO: LOST SPRING - ANEES JUNG

 

Reference to Context: -
 
1. “Why not organise yourselves into a cooperative?” I ask a group of young men who have fallen into the vicious circle of middlemen who trapped their fathers and forefathers.
a. Who are the „young men‟ mentioned in the extract?
b. Explain the „vicious circle‟.
c. Why did the author express the need to organise a cooperative?
d. Name the lesson and the author.
 
a) The young boys who belonged to the families of bangle makers.
b) Vicious circle- never-ending cycle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen, law keepers, government officials and politicians…
c) The need for the group of young men to get out of the clutches of the cruel middlemen who had trapped their elders….couldn’t free themselves of the web of poverty had forced the young boys to follow the family traditions.
d) Lost Spring Anees Jung
 
2. 2. “Why do you do this?” I ask Saheb whom I encounter every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps of my neighbourhood. Saheb left his home long ago. Set amidst the green fields of Dhaka, his home is not even a distant memory.
 
a. Who is the narrator?
b. Who is Saheb? Where is he coming from?
c. Why did he leave his home?
d. What is „gold‟ mentioned in the passage?
 
a) The author Anees Jung
b) -a young ragpicker boy. His home was in Dhaka in the middle of lush green fields.
c) There were many storms which destroyed their homes and fields. So, they left home and shifted to the cities in search of livelihood.
d) Gold here refers to something precious which was not available to them. Things like shoes, money, bags, etc. for the children.
 

Passage 1
One winter morning I see Saheb standing by the fenced gate of the neighbourhood club, watching two young men dressed in white, playing tennis. “I like the game,” he hums, content to watch it standing behind the fence. “I go inside when no one is around,” he admits. “The gatekeeper lets me use the swing.” Saheb too is wearing tennis shoes that look strange over his discoloured shirt and shorts. “Someone gave them to me,” he says in the manner of an explanation. The fact that they are discarded shoes of some rich boy, who perhaps refused to wear them because of a hole in one of them, does not bother him. For one who has walked barefoot, even shoes with a hole is a dream come true. But the game he is watching so intently is out of his reach.

Question. What is Saheb watching from the fenced gate of a club?
(a) two young men playing tennis
(b) two women dancing
(c) two dogs quarrelling
(d) a gardener planting flowers
Answer. A

Question. Later, Saheb is found wearing shoes. Who gave him the shoes?
(a) the writer
(b) a doctor
(c) a policeman
(d) a rich boy
Answer. D

Question. Why did the rich boy give the tennis shoes to Saheb?
(a) he liked Saheb
(b) he hated his shoes
(c) there was a hole in one of them
(d) Saheb bought them from him
Answer. C

Question. Which game is out of Saheb’sreach?
(a) football
(b) tennis
(c) cricket
(d) hide and seek
Answer. B

Question. Why does Saheb remain barefoot?
(a) his feet are beautiful
(b) he hates shoes
(c) he is so poor that he cannot buy shoes and chappals
(d) his employer forbids him to wear shoes
Answer. C

Question. Find the word from the passage which means ‘attentively’ .
(a) discarded
(b) intently
(c) hums
(d) fenced
Answer. B

 

Passage 2
This morning, Saheb is on his way to the milk booth. In his hand is a steel canister. “I now work in a tea stall down the road,” he says, pointing in the distance. “I am paid 800 rupees and all my meals.” Does he like the job? I ask.His face, I see, has lost the carefree look. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would ca rry so lightly over his shoulder. The bag was his. The canister belongs to the man who owns the tea shop. Saheb is no longer his own master!

Question. Where does Saheb work after leaving the work of being a ragpicker?
(a) a factory
(b) on a farm
(c) in a tea-stall
(d) in a school
Answer. C

Question. Who was no longer his own master?
(a) the writer
(b) Saheb
(c) tea shop owner
(d) Saheb’s friend
Answer. B

Question. _________ seems heavier than the plastic bag.
(a) the glass
(b) tumbler
(c) steel canister
(d) kettle
Answer. C

Question. What was the salary of Saheb in the tea shop ?
(a) 700 rupees
(b) 800 rupees
(c) 500 rupees
(d) 900 rupees
Answer. B


 
 
Short Answer Type Questions:
 
Question. How is Saheb‟s name full of irony?
Answer: Saheb‟s full name is Saheb-e-Alam meaning the „Lord of the universe‟. But Saheb is poverty stricken, barefoot, homeless rag picker who scrounges the garbage dumps of Delhi for living. His name is in total contrast to his very existence and is thus deeply ironical.
 
Question. Why does the author describe children of slums as partners in survival?
Answer: In most families – middle class and upwards – children are precious beings, cared for, nurtured and looked after right from their infancy. They are dependent on their parents for all their needs, be it nourishment, health, education and shelter. On the other side, children in Seemapuri are offspring of homeless rag pickers. Due to extreme poverty, their parents are unable to provide for them and they end up picking rags at an early age for their survival and as support to their parents.
 
Question. Despite being refugees, how do people in Seemapuri have ration cards?
Answer: The refugee population of Seemapuri represents a large vote bank for various political parties and at some stage these illegal occupants of government land around cities are provided ration cards to benefit political sharks in the election process. Using these cards they can get grains from government agencies.
 
Question. How does working in the glass furnaces affect the young children?
Answer: Glass furnaces – ill-lit, ill-ventilated, unhygienic, dingy- working long hours in these conditions- bends the backs of children- lose vision, have respiratory problems-become old before their time.
 
Question. How is Mukesh different from Saheb?
Answer: Saheb was more resigned to his fate. He gave up his freedom as a rag picker for a salaried job at a tea stall.On the other hand, Mukesh insisted on being his own master. He was determined to be a motor mechanic. He was not prepared to compromise his dreams and give in like Saheb. He had even chalked out a path to achieve his dreams.
 
Question. Why can‟t the people in Firozabad organize themselves into a cooperative?
Answer: Generations of family subservience to middlemen, combined with lack of education, awareness and acute poverty has broken the spirit of the younger generation also. They fear that organising themselves into a cooperative movement will only make them bear the wrath of police. They lack a leader amongst them and are aware that the vicious nexus of sahukars, middlemen, politicians and police would not allow the cooperative movement to take shape.
 
Question. Saheb wanted to be a master of his own destiny, Comment.
Answer: Sick of rummaging through the garbage, Saheb wanted to be a master of his own destiny. Like the affluent children of his neighbourhood, he also wants to go to school and to play. But abject poverty and the necessity to make both ends meet throw him in a vicious circle of rag picking and subsistent living. His taking up a job at a tea stall is an attempt to be master of his destiny. Unfortunately, it further enslaves him.
 
Question. How has, being born in the caste of bangle makers, become both a destiny and a curse?
Answer: Many people in India follow a rigid caste system. Being born in a caste of bangle makers in the city of Firozabad is both a destiny and a curse. By virtue of their birth, extreme poverty, lack of education and opportunity, they have to take up the profession of bangle making at an early age. Their destiny becomes a curse as once in this profession, they are in the grip of a vicious circle. All doors close on them and in a short span of time they end up losing their spirit as well as eyesight.
 
Question. What two distinct worlds does Anees Jung speak of with respect to bangle makers?
Answer: A child worker in Firozabad, according to the author is weighed down under two distinct worlds. The first is the world of poverty ridden family and caste stigma which dictates compromise and second is the world of sahukars, middlemen, policemen, bureaucrats and politicians which dictates oppression.
 
Question. Comment on the title „Lost Spring‟.
Answer: The Childhood of human life is the spring period of one‟s life. Children like Saheb and Mukesh lead a miserable and pathetic life as they are forced to do labour to earn living. Owing to poverty they do not get education. They are deprived of the normal pleasures of childhood. Consequently they lose their spring i.e childhood. Hence the title „Lost Spring‟ is appropriate.


Extract Based Questions:

1. This morning, Saheb is on his way to the milk booth. In his hand is a steel canister. ―I now work in a tea stall down the road,‖ he says, pointing in the distance. ―I am paid 800 rupees and all my meals.Does
he like the job? I ask. His face, I see, has lost the carefree look. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulder. The bag was his. The canister belongs to the man
who owns the tea shop. Saheb is no longer his own master”

Question. Choose the correct statement to analyse the mental condition of Saheb-e-Alam.
a) He seems to be dignified working at the tea-stall.
b) He seems to be proud collecting milk from the milk booth.
c) He seems to be responsible carrying the steel canister.
d) He seems to be enjoying his freewheel at the tea-stall.

Answer: C

Question. Select the option/options that does NOT explain Saheb‘s nature of thinking in his new job at the tea stall.
(i) He thinks collecting milk is a part of his new job.
(ii) Canister is heavy, but he thinks he should carry it for survival.
(iii) He is earning 800 rupees and all meals, so he should justify the job.
(iv) He is a servant now, he can have a carefree life.
a) Only option (iii)
b) Both options (ii)&(iv)
c) Both options (i)&(iv)
d) Only option (iv)

Answer: D

Question. ―His face, I see, has lost the carefree look. This means as per the assumption of the author, in his looks, Saheb is ……..
a) not burdened with responsibility
b) burdened with responsibility
c) Burdened but without any responsibility
d) Not burdened but feels responsible

Answer: B

Question. Choose the appropriate statements for ― Saheb is no longer his own master!
(i) Saheb carries his bag for rag picking.
(ii) Saheb works in a tea stall.
(iii) Saheb is paid 800 rupees.
(iv) Saheb carries canister.
a) (i)(ii)&(iii)
b) (i)(ii)&(iv)
c) (i)(iii)&(iv)
d) (ii)(iii)&(iv)

Answer: D

Question. Choose the option that most appropriately fills in the blanks, for the following description of the given extract. People migrate from villages to cities in search of a better life. They want to earn money so that they can lead a good life and
(i)_______their children in a better way. As cities have more
(ii)________for work,
this makes them migrate from the villages to these big cities.
(iii)________all miseries and challenges of life at young age, Saheb even finds a job in a tea stall, shifting from rag picking to
(iv)_________his struggle for survival.
a) (i)give; (ii) scope; (iii) controlling; (iv) continue
b) (i) rare; (ii) opportunities; (iii) Accepting; (iv) prove
c) (i) provide; (ii) jobs; (iii) Denying; (iv) stop
d) (i) leave; (ii) chances; (iii) Chasing; (iv) deal

Answer: B

2. “I sometimes find a rupee, even a ten-rupee note,” Saheb says, his eyes lighting up. When you can find a silver coin in a heap of garbage, you don’t stop scrounging, for there is hope of finding more. It seems that for children, garbage has a meaning different from what it means to their parents. For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival.

Question. The conveyed in this extract is……
a) humorous
b) melancholy
c) mysterious
d) gloomy

Answer: B

Question. Choose a synonym of ‘Survival’
a) extinction
b) annihilation
c) demise
d) endurance

Answer: C

Question. What does the phrase ‘lighting up’ imply here?
a) bright with excitement
b) dark with sadness
c) glowing with pride
d) simmering with anger

Answer: C

Question. Choose the option that best summarises the relationship between what adults and children think of the garbage dump
a) rural and urban
b) theory and practice
c) reality and fantasy
d) tradition and modernity

Answer: D

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