Question

How did th e interest for writing develop in mill workers?

Answer 1

Mill workers are generally a huge working force in any factory / industry. The cheaper the wages of the mill workers, the higher the profits of factories / industries. The reverse is also true. The higher the wages of the mill workers the lower the profits of factories / industries.

Hence a mid line is the best course whereby neither the worker or the employee gain too mush or suffer. So to protect the interest of mill workers, many of whom were illiterate, it became necessary to put matters before the authorities and so that nobody could retract from a verbal discussion it became necessary to write all agreements in writing. Thus interest for writing develop in mill workers.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Workers in factories were too overworked and lacked in education to write much about their experiences. But Kashi baba a Kanpur mill worker, wrote and published ‘Chhote Aur Bade Ka SawaT, to show the links between caste and class exploitation.

The poems of another Kanpur mill worker, who wrote under the name of ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ and published a collection of poems called ‘Sacchi Kavitayen’.

By 1930s, Bangalore cotton mill workers set up libraries to educate themselves, following the example of Bombay workers.