Lost Spring Test-1

The 'Lost Spring' written by Anees Jung talks about the national shame of children being forced to live a life of poverty and exploitation.

There are two characters in ‘Lost Spring’:

• Saheb-e-Alam: A rag picker

• Mukesh: Son of a bangle maker

Mukesh’s father is blind and even his father and grandfather were blind.

Neighbourhood is the immediate environment, surroundings or vicinity.

It is a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.

 The main two protagonists of the chapter, Saheb-e-Alam and Mukesh don’t live their childhood as they have to carry the burden of poverty and illiteracy.

 Mukesh dreams of becoming a motor mechanic but he has always worked in the glass making industry.

 The author Anees Jung strives hard to eliminate child labour through her book. The message is to put an end to child exploitation and let all children enjoy their days of the spring and joy.

 To drive means to control and guide the movement of something. A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.

 Perpetual means never ending or changing.