Question

1. How has rag picking acquired the proportions of a fine art?
2.​What does Mukesh proudly say that his house is being rebuild?

Answer 1

1) To become a successful rag picker, one must have the required guidance, inborn talent and be capable of following certain rules. A rag picker must know where to find garbage, as well as what garbage can be taken and what must be left behind. Just as there is no end to the admiration of the beauty of fine art, there is no end to the rummaging of the garbage by the rag picker as it earns him his daily bread.

2) Mukesh was proud to tell the author that his house was being rebuilt because he belonged to a family ruled by poverty. The family was engaged in the bangle making business and was struggling to make both ends meet. Thus, even when fulfilling daily needs were a feeling of luxury, Mukesh felt proud of the fact that his house was being rebuilt.

Answer 2

Wherever the rag pikers find food, they pitch their tents and that becomes their transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold.

Through years rag picking has acquired the proportions of a fine art.Like any other art form, rag picking possesses certain talents and rules. One needs guidance and inborn talents to be a successfulrag picker. He should know where to find garbage, what to take, what to ignore, what time is best for it and so on.