Question

she still has bangles on her wrist, but not light in her eyes . justify the statement ?( ch lost spring)​

Answer 1

Answer:

‘She’ is an elderly woman who became a bride long ago. Since her husband, an old man with a flowing beard is still alive, she still has bangles on her wrist. She has, however, not enjoyed even one full nteal in her entire lifetime. So, there is no light in her eyes. This is just a comment on the abject poverty and helplessness of the bangle makers

Answer 2

This is from the chapter Lost Spring by Anees Jung.

• ‘She’ is an elderly woman who became a bride long ago.
• Since her husband, an old man with a flowing beard is still alive, she still has bangles on her wrist.
• “I know nothing except bangles. All I have done is make a house for the family to live in.” Hearing him one wonders if he has achieved what many have failed in their lifetime. He has a roof over his head!

• She has, however, not enjoyed even one full meal in her entire lifetime. “Ek waqt ser bhar khana bhi nahin khaya.” she says, in a voice drained of joy.
• So, there is no light in her eyes. This is a comment on the abject poverty and helplessness of the bangle makers.
• The cry of not having money to do anything except carrying on the business of making bangles which returns them not even enough to eat, rings in every home.
• The young men echo the lament of the elders. Little has moved with time, it seems in Firozabad, years of mind-numbing toil have killed all initiative and the ability to dream.

• The light symbolizes 'joy' and 'prosperity' in this context.

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