Question

Who is saheb and what was ironical about his name? Describe saheb life and life of the bare foot army of ragpickers in seemapuri??

Answer 1

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Saheb was a young ragpicker of Seemapuri. The full name of Saheb is Saheb-E-Alam, which means "Lord of the Universe".

The ironical about his name was that being the Lord of the Universe, Saheb had to depend upon the garbage dumps for his survival.

$\: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \textbf{Saheb and the barefoot army of ragpickers } \\ \textbf{led a miserable life. They earned their daily bread } \\ \textbf{by selling the items found in the garbage dumps } \\ \textbf{on the roads of Delhi. They couldn't think of doing } \\ \textbf{anything except it. In Seemapuri, they lived a } \\ \textbf{trouble some life without any identity. Though,} \\ \textbf{they had been living in that place for over thirty} \\ \textbf{years, they were deprived of the facilities to lead } \\ \textbf{a normal life. They were far away from the modern } \\ \textbf{urban life style as they had to live there without } \\ \textbf{drainage,sewage and proper sanitary system. But } \\ \textbf{they were always grateful for that place as it had } \\ \textbf{given them shelter and the source of their income } \\ \textbf{to survive.}$