LOST SPRING by Anees Jung

ENGAGE: THE WEB/TRAP OF POVERY (Paste the printed webchart done in the class)

INTRODUCTION: The chapter is about the exploitation of children in hazardous conditions. It

highlights abject poverty, thoughtless traditions, loss of innocence, importance of education,
back breaking hardwork and dismal working conditions. The chapter is about the acceptance of
poverty, exploitation as destiny and a dire need to provide the poverty stricken people,
especially the children, a life of dignity and opportunities to dare, dream and do

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the theme of the lesson-poverty, social stigma, hollow promises of the
policy makers, family traditions and lineage.
2. To sensitize learners about the callousness of the society and the political class to the
sufferings of the poor.
3. To develop comprehension skill, analytical skill and thinking skill
4. To understand the urgent need to end the vicious circle of exploitation through
education, awareness, co-operative organization and empowerment

EXPLORE: CREATE A PICTORAL INFOGRAPHIC USING THE FOUR HEADINGS GIVEN IN THE
PICTURE BELOW
GLOSSARY
1. scrounging – searching for something, hunting
2. glibly – speaking confidently but without a careful/second thought or honesty
3. perpetual – never ending or changing, everlasting
4. desolation – isolation, loneliness
5. periphery – outside the boundary of something
6. squatters – illegal tenants
7. mirage – delusion, false belief
8. hovels – a small dirty house/ hut
9. thatched – a roof made of straw or reeds/ plant material
10. frail – weak and delicate
11. impoverished – poverty stricken, needy
12. unkempt – messy and dirty, untidy
13. mounds – a large quantity of something
14. shanty towns – unauthorized / illegal settlement of impoverished people, slums
15. hutments – group of temporary houses / huts
16. soldering – transforming metal / solids
17. sanctity – sacred, holy
18. lament – expressing grief, sorrow or disappointment
19. vicious circle – a toxic loop of life people are trapped in by the power holders
20. hauled – dragged with force
21. apathy – lacking motivation, enthusiasm, interest
22. hurtling – moving at high speed

LITERARY DEVICES

Metaphor - Scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps

Thirty years later I visited his town and the temple, which was now drowned in an air of
desolation
Irony- I ask him his name. "SAHEB-E-ALAM." He announces. He does not know what it means. IF
He knew its meaning - lord of the universe- he would have a hard time believing it.

Antithesis- Seemapuri, a place on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it, metaphorically.
For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for the elders it is a means of survival.

Paradox-The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his
shoulder. Saheb is no longer his own master!
She still has bangles on her wrist, but no light in her eyes.

Simile- Her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine

Hyperbole- Survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the
proportions of a fine art.
Garbage to them is gold.

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