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WEEK - 9 ENGLISH (MH), Textbook - Flamingo Lost spring Part -2 (page 17-20), Story of bangle makers Firozabad (Mukesh)
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…, Word Meaning, , 1. Mirage = (here) Illusion, eg. His dream looms like a mirage, 2. Furnace = Place for smelting metals, glass etc, 3. Dingy cells = Dirty small rooms, 4. Slog their daylight hours = work hard for whole day.(About 20,000 children slog their daylight hours in a glass furnaces), 5. Lineage = Ancestry or pedigree, 6. Lament = (here) complaint , 7. Year of mind = Numbing toil (kumpui linglet a thluak chawmawlh vek khawp a thawkrim.), 8. Initiative = Leading actions (hmalakna), 9. Co-operative = Organization., 10. Vicious = Cruel or violent., 11. Hauled = Pulled or dragged, 12. Hazard = Hanger or risk
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Explanation, (page no -17), Mukesh -- belonged to a family of poor bangle maker of Firozabad. His dream was to become a motor mechanic., What makes the city of Firozabad famous?... Firozabad is famous because of its bangle. Every other other family is engaged in making bangles. It is the centre of India's glass blowing industry. It seems like Firozabad is making bangles for all the women in India., Hazards of working in glass bangle industry…About 20000 children slog their daylight hour in a glass furnaces of Firozabad. They work in in a dark and dingy cells without air and light , with a high temperatures. Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than the light outside. That was why they often end up losing their eyesight before they become adults.
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…, (page no 18), Mukesh grandfather became blind because of dust from polishing the glass of bangles. Mukesh's grandmother believed it was their destiny, that they were born into bangle maker's caste. She said that it was their destiny to suffer poverty., Savita’s mother said that despite hard work they never had one full meal in their whole life
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…, (page 19 – 20), Generation after generation, families of bangle makers have been engaged in making bangles. They live in povert, they work hard and die in poverty. Nothing has changed with the passage of time. If the youth try to organise themselves, they realise that the police and the administration will not help them. If they try to get out of the vicious circle, they are in trouble. The police beat them and put them in jail., It is not easy for a bangle maker to do something different. The stigma of his caste always goes with him. But Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic. He wants to learn this work at a garage far away from home. He wants to be a motor mechanic.
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…, Notes , Q1. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?, Ans:- In the glass bangles industry workers in dark and dingy cells without air and light, with a very hot temperatures. Their eyes are more adjusted to the dark than the light outside. This can cause blindness., , Q2. What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?, Ans:- The forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty are Sahukars, the middlemen, the policemen, the keeper of law, the bureaucrats and the politicians. All these form a vicious circle., , Q3. Why does the writer say that the bangle makers are caught in a vicious circle?, Ans:- The writer Anees Jung says that the bangle makers are caught in a vicious circle. Because they are forced to practice their ancestral profession. They have neither money nor courage to change their profession of making bangles.
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…, Q4. How is Mukesh different from the other bangle makers?, Ans:- Mukesh belongs to a family of bangle makers in Firozabad. But he wants to become a motor mechanic. Unlike others he wants to be his own master. He wants to break away from the family tradition of making bangles. He has big dreams, confidence and strong personality., , Q5. Why does the writer say "Saheb no longer his own master"?, Ans:- Saheb now works in a tea - stall. He earns 800 rupees and all his meals. He carries steel canister that seemed heavier than his plastic bag. The plastic bag belongs to him, but the canister belongs to his master whose orders he now has to follow. That is why the writer says that Saheb no longer his own master.
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…, Q6. "Survival in Seemapuri means rag picking.” Explain., Ans : Seemapuri is a place on the periphery of Delhi. About 10000 rag pickers live in Seemapuri, they came from Bangladesh back in 1971. Saheb family one of them. They all are very poor. Their living condition is very bad. They live ib a structures of mud with a roof of tin and tarpaulin. They live without sewage, drainage or running water . The writer says that Garbage to ragpickers is gold because it is their daily bread, a roof over their heads. They get their needs from the garbage. Rag picking is their only source of income, and means of survival. Rag picking is the solution to make their life tick. Even children growing up in them become partners in rag picking. Thus, we can say that survival in Seemapuri means rag picking.
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HOME ASSIGNMENT, Q1. What makes the city of Firozabad famous?, , Q2. Write the summary of the story ' Lost spring', , Q3. Select difficult words from the text and learn their meanings, write them down bin your note book . Consult dictionary whenever necessary
