define each of the words given below.Name a person/persons from the text that symbolises each of these words.
a) poverty
b)apathy
c)greed
d) injustice
explain the reason for your choice
Answers
Explanation:
Lost Spring’ refers to those moments of childhood which should be full of happiness, growth and carefree spirit and which have been snatched from the children of Seemapuri and Firozabad. The title ‘Lost Spring’ justifies the story which sensitizes the people towards these poor children. It emphasizes the need to save the childhood of these poor children and provide them with their basic rights of a decent life and good education.
Question 12.
‘None of them know that it is illegal for children like him to work in the glass furnaces with high temperatures in dingy cells without air and light…’
These words from ‘Lost Spring’ throw light on the grinding poverty that forces many children in India to lead a life of exploitation whereby they have to slog in subhuman conditions.
Driven by a concern for such children, who lose their childhood and go through an unjust treatment, write an article in 120-150 words on ‘Child Labour in India.”
Answer:
Child Labour in India
A child, whose childhood has been snatched away, now works hard, day and night, to earn a meagre pay.
This is the scenario with more than 10 million children who are employed in hazardous and dangerous trades and industries. At a tender age, they are forced to work for 10-15 hours under sub-human ‘ conditions. Fireworks factory, cashew nut industry, bangle-making factories, carpet industry—there are innumerable such factories functioning in our country where these children are being exploited. They are underpaid and ill-treated. As a result, they develop life-long deformities like losing their eyesight, asthma, bone deformity, etc.