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LOST SPRINGAn Excerpt from
Stories of Stolen ChildhoodBY ANEES JUNG
ANEES JUNG
BORN 1964 IN ROURKELA CHILDHOOD-ADOLESCENCE-IN HYDERABADHIGHER EDUCATION IN HYDERABAD AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICABEGAN CAREER AS AWRITER,EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR MAJOR NEWSPAPERS
SEASONS: PHASES OF LIFE
SPRING: CHILDHOODSUMMER: YOUTHAUTUMN: MIDDLEAGEWINTER : OLD AGE
LOSS OF CHILDHOODIF CHILDHOOD IS LOST?.................
UNABLE TO PLAY LIKE NORMAL CHILDREN
LOSS OF SCHOOL LIFEFORCED TO TAKE UP ODD JOBSPHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAUMA
RAGPICKERS
RAG IS GOLD TO THEM…………WHY?
SAHEB-E-ALAM: LORD OF THE UNIVERSE!
DAILY ROUTINE OF RAGPICKERS: GET UP EARLY RUSH TO GARBAGE
BINS SEARCH FOR ‘GOLD’ WALK WITHOUT
FOOTWEAR SUN DOES NOT
DETER THEIR SPIRIT
WHY IS EVERYDAY
SPECIAL?
G
A
R
B
A
G
E
MEANS GOLD
DAILY BREAD
ROOF OVER THE HEAD EVEN IF IT IS LEAKY
AN OCCASIONAL SILVER COIN
WRAPPED IN WONDER
A RARE TEN RUPEE NOTE
PARTNERS IN SURVIVAL
STEEL CANISTER GARBAGE
WHICH ONE DID HE PREFER?STEEL
CANISTER:-
MONOTONOUSFREEDOM
CURTAILEDSLAVEHEAVIER THAN
THE PLASTIC BAG
GARBAGE:-
• EXCITEMENT• FREEDOM• MASTER OF HIS
OWN LIFE• NO CONTROL
WHAT IS HIS DREAM?
MUKESH AND HIS DREAMS…………………..
BANGLE INDUSTRY OF FIROZABAD…….
HAZARDS OF
WORKING IN BANGLE
INDUSTRY
IS BANGLE MAKING HIS KARAM OR HIS DESTINY OR IS IT TRADITION………???????????
WILL THERE BE LIGHT IN HER EYES??????????
SHE HAS BANGLES ON HER WRIST…………..
WHY ARE THEY NOT ABLE TO FORM A CO-OPERATIVE ……… 1. NO LEADER AMONG THEM 2. MIDDLEMEN’S TORTURE 3. SUSPICIOUS POLICEMEN 4. VICIOUS CIRCLE OF ALL THE ABOVE