Question

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

Answer 1

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The rag pickers were poor children. They always went about barefoot. They had become used to it. Even if they had shoes , they looked for excuses not to wear them. Some even said that going barefoot was a  tradition among them.

**In this lesson ‘Lost Spring’  the writer ‘Anees Jung’ gives us a glimpse into the life of the poor ragpickers who have migrated from Bangladesh and have settled in Seemapuri, an area on the Periphery of Delhi.

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Answer 2

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The narrator Anees Jung while travelling across the county, or villages roads came across many children walking barefoot. One explanation is that it has become a tradition for them to stay barefoot. But to the author this explanation does not hold good. Children like Saheb who have been living in a perpetual state of poverty, cannot afford shoes.

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